Varanasi: A 15-year-old boy, his sister and brother-in-law drowned in a village water body at Veeran Vahara Tola under Anpara police station limits on Sunday.Sonbhadra ASP (operations) Mavis Tak said the bodies of Raju, 15, his sister Urmila, 19, and her husband Anil, 22, were recovered by police and further legal action was initiated.Raju, a resident of Kuldumri village, had gone to bathe in a water body near his home when he slipped into deep water and began to drown. Urmila saw him struggling and jumped in to save him, but she too got trapped in the deep water. On seeing them in trouble, Anil entered the water to rescue both of them. However, none of the three could make it back to the bank.When the three did not return home by afternoon, their relatives started searching for them. Raju’s mother reached the pond and found their belongings lying on the edge, raising the alarm. The family informed Anpara police, who reached the spot and launched a rescue operation with the help of locals. After sustained efforts, the bodies of all three were recovered.
