LUCKNOW, March 18 -- A local police station in-charge in Lakhimpur Kheri district saved lives of five teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, while an 18-year-old youth drowned in Sharda River, under the Pasgawan police station limits, on Monday, said senior police officials on Tuesday.

Circle officer (CO) of Mohamadi, Arun Kumar Singh, who is the supervisory officer of Pasgawan police station, appreciated the efforts of station officer (SO) Ravindra Sonkar and stated that his name will be recommended for DGP's commendation disc.

The CO said the incident took place near Khargapur village under Pasgawan police station limits when six friends had gone to take a bath in the river on Monday afternoon. He said that one of the six friends, identif...