Five teenagers drown in Ganga

Varanasi: Five boys who had gone for a dip in the Ganga here without letting their families know drowned, police said on Friday. The boys, aged between 14 and 17 had gone to Sipahiya Ghat, about a kilometre from their homes, along with two other friends, police said. Police pulled out the boys from the river with the help of divers and took them to a trauma centre, where all five were declared dead. Police said that deceased Tauseef, 17, Fardeen, 14, Saif, 15, Rizwan, 15, and Safi, 14, all of Veeragadhi village under Ram Nagar police station had gone to have the bath in the river. They all had left home on one pretext or other without letting their family members know of their plans, said police.