PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 6 -- Five boys drowned while bathing in floodwaters on Tuesday in two separate incidents in the Prayagraj's Tharwai region near the Bheem Kunda Temple in Mansaita and near Ganja village under the Airport police station limits.

In the first incident, five boys were bathing in the swollen Ganga near the Bheem Kunda Temple around 11.15 am when they suddenly ventured into deep water and began to drown.

Hearing their cries, villagers rushed to help and managed to rescue two of them- 14-year-old Shivam Pal and 10-year-old Aman. However, the other three including 15-year-old Shashank Pal, 16-year-old Utkarsh Pal, and 15-year-old Abhishek Pal drowned.

A rescue operation was launched immediately.

Teams from the police, NDRF (Na...