Mathura (UP), February 26 A 17-year-old boy and his friend drowned while bathing in a pond near a temple here, police said on Thursday.
According to police, Saksham (15), Ravi, and Kartik, all 17, residents of Kosi Kalan, had gone to Barsana to celebrate Lathmar Holi. While returning in the evening, they stopped near the Aasheshwar Mahadev Temple.
During their stop, Saksham and Ravi entered the pond nearby the temple to take a bath, police added.
Kartik told police that his two friends moved into deeper water and began to drown. He then ran back home and alerted their families.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Suresh Chandra Rawat said that after hours of searching by police and locals, Saksham's body was found at night, while the other boy could not be located.
Search operations resumed on Thursday morning, he added.
