Two youth drown in dam near Jamnagar

Rajkot: Two persons drowned while three others were rescued after they got pulled by the strong water current at Majoth dam in Jamnagar on Saturday.
A group of people living in Jamnagar had gone to pay their respects at a tomb near Majoth village in Dhrol taluka of Jamnagar district. After the prayers, most of the people returned to Jamnagar but five youth decided to proceed towards Majoth dam to spend some leisure time.
While in the water, five youth got pulled in by the strong currents. Three of them managed to save themselves as they knew how to swim and got back to the shore. Two others identified as Asif Ibrahim Juneja (19) and Asif Siddique Juneja (18) disappeared in the water. The three others who swam back sought help from the locals to find their two friends.
Locals started searching for the two boys and the fire brigade from Jamnagar was also called in to join the search. However, before the firemen reached, the bodies of two boys were found at some distance. The bodies were sent for postmortem.