LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- A 13-year-old city boy drowned in the Kukrail river near a Jal Nigam barrel in Rahimnagar area under Mahanagar police station limits on Saturday afternoon, triggering a multi-agency rescue operation in the state capital.

According to police, the boy, along with two other children, had entered the river to bathe when a sudden surge in the water current swept him away. While the other two children managed to escape, the third went missing. The incident occurred around 3 pm and was immediately reported to the authorities.

Additional DCP (Central) Mamta Rani said, "A rescue team comprising SDRF personnel, divers, local police, and municipal officials was dispatched soon after the alert was received. After several hours of...