Mahoba (UP), Nov. 1 -- Two youths today drowned in a check dam in the Kharela area of Mahoba district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here.
Official sources said that while a diving team recovered the body of one youth, search is underway for the other.
According to sources, that in the incident in Enchana village, Suresh Kushwaha (24) and his friend Rajju Dhuria (26) had gone to bathe in the check dam built on the Siho River near the Mahadev Temple in the nearby village of Varti Deoli in the afternoon.
"It is reported that in a competition to outdo each other, the two youths reached the deeper part of the check dam and drowned," they said.
Another youth Rajendra, who was present near the check dam, saw them drowning and call...