India, June 23 -- Two 20-year-old youths are feared drowned in the Bawana canal after strong currents swept them away while bathing near Hanuman Mandir in outer Delhi's Bawana area on Sunday afternoon.

A massive search operation involving the Delhi Police, Fire Services and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued until Monday evening.

The missing youths have been identified as Prashant Pandey and Satyam Kumar, both residents of Prem Nagar-II in Kirari Suleiman Nagar. According to police, information about two persons missing in the canal was received around 1.15 pm on Sunday.

A team from Bawana police station immediately reached the spot and launched a rescue operation with assistance from NDRF personnel and other emergen...