Two brothers taking a dip in the Yamuna were swept away by the strong current near Bega Ghat in Sonepat on Saturday, officials said. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other divers made efforts but could not trace Satyam, 15, and Shivam, 17, both residents of Sankhera village. Shivam was a Class 11 student, while Satyam studied in Class 10 at a government school in their village.
The missing boys’ friend, Prince, who was with them, tried to save both but was nearly drowned before a group of men near the river rescued him. Their father, Ravinder, a labourer, said the family hailed from Uttar Pradesh and had been living in the village for the past 26 years. “I bought a bike in 2022.
Their families said the boys had left home saying they were going to learn how to ride a bike. The victims told him that they knew swimming, according to Prince. We did not know that they had gone to the Yamuna ghat,” he said. Police station in-charge Bir Singh said a search was underway, but there was no trace of the two boys.
On Saturday morning, they left with the bike, saying they were going to learn how to ride.
