Sitapur/Pratapgarh, April 19 -- Two separate drowning incidents were reported on Sunday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur and Pratapgarh districts, leaving three minors dead and families in grief.In Sitapur district's Manpur police station area, at Banni Karela village, two teenage boys drowned in a village pond while bathing in the heat of the afternoon.
The deceased have been identified as Arpit (13), son of Shiv Kumar, a resident of Ramai Pur, and Kapil (12), son of Surendra Yadav. According to local reports, both boys went to bathe in the village pond due to the intense heat. They reportedly ventured into deeper water and were unable to come out.
When the boys did not return home for a long time, villagers began searching and later...