Two school
students who went for a swim in a dam today were drowned in Hazaribagh district, the police said here.
Visesh Kumar and Sashan Shekhar, both 15-years-old, went to the dam at Katkumdag block of the district when Kumar was caught in the swirling water, Officer-in-Charge of Pelawal Police Station V Kerketta said.
Shekhar tried to rescue his friend, but both of them got drowned, he added.
The bodies were fished out and sent for post mortem.
Both were students of class X of different schools.
