BAREILLY: Five MBBS students of Budaun’s government medical college drowned in river Ganga while taking holy dip on the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Saturday.
Two of them were rescued by the locals while three are still missing. DM Budaun Manoj Kumar and SSP O P Singh rushed to the spot and led the rescue operation that was carried out by SDRF (State Disaster response Force) and local police with the support of local divers. No bodies were recovered till the time of filing this report. The condition of one of the survivors is stable at the hospital. All the students are from the 2019 batch and were close friends. They had reached the spot on three bikes and took a boat to reach the other side of the river.
