Betul (MP), Aug 3 (PTI) Two men drowned while bathing in the Maru river in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, police said on Wednesday.
The men, part of a group of ten from Chhindwara district, were swept by the flow of water when they ventured deep into the river while bathing on Tuesday evening, Aathner Police Station in-charge Ajay Soni said.
Local police with the help of local residents fished out the bodies of the victims, aged 26 and 27 years, on Wednesday afternoon, he said.
The incident took place at Salwardi village, some 80km from the district headquarters on the Maharashtra border, the police officer said.
Soni said the bodies were handed over to their families after a post-mortem. PTI COR ADU RSY RSY
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