Summary:
Ravi Kumar (22) of Gidderbaha remained near the canal bank whereas three others swam to the centre of the canal. The villagers on their part called up the NGO Naujawan Welfare Society office in Bathinda.The society members brought divers, who immediately started the rescue operations. Ravi said as soon as they reached there, Sukhdev Singh (22) of Bathinda started drowning. Two of the friends Budh Ram (21) and Deep (20) swam towards him to save him but as the water was flowing at high speed they were washed away. The bodies have been sent to the civil hospital for a post-mortem examination, he added..