Two boys, out for evening swim, drown in Delhi’s Haiderpur Canal

Police said their fathers returned home and couldn’t find the children. They looked everywhere for them. “They eventually called the police after hours of searching. The police team, with the help of two locals, found the bodies in the canal,” said the officer.

“A PCR call regarding the incident was received at 10.17 pm. The boys were shifted to BJRM Hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival,” DCP (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said.

Aniket, police said, is survived by his two elder brothers and father. Krishan is survived by his father and three siblings — an elder brother, a younger brother and sister. Both children lost their mothers at a young age, police said.

The city has now witnessed four drowning deaths in the span of a week, including this incident.

Last Friday, a 14-year-old boy drowned in the Yamuna floodwaters in Northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park while trying to catch fish with his friends.

On Wednesday, a 45-year-old milkman, Ombir Singh, drowned while trying to save his cow in a flooded stretch in Northeast Delhi’s Garhi Medu village.

Ombir is survived by his wife and three children, including a daughter. His cousin, Meginder, had earlier said, “He was going to rescue the cow from the village area when his foot slipped owing to the rising Yamuna water, and he was washed away.

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