JHANSI, Sept. 30 -- Five members of a family, including a 13-year-old boy, drowned in the Sukhnei River in Devri Singhpura village, Mauranipur, on Tuesday afternoon while performing ritual dips during Shradh ceremonies.

The deceased were identified as Anoop Tiwari, 41, his son Arpit, 13, his nephews Abhinay Tiwari, 26, Shreyansh Tiwari, 22, and Pushkar Shukla, 26. Four of the victims were residents of Devri Singhpura, while Pushkar was from the Jalaun district.

According to police, the family had gathered in the village on Monday for the Shradh ceremony and visited the riverbank on Tuesday to perform the associated rituals. While taking a dip, Anoop reportedly slipped into a deep stretch of the river.

The other four family members atte...