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BANDA/AMETHI: Four children drowned in separate incidents in Chitrakoot and Amethi districts of Uttar Pradesh , officials said on Friday. Asif (6), Jaan Mohammad (13) and Anis (11) who were taking a bath in Bagey river near Saipur village in Chitrakoot district drowned on Thursday evening, officials said.Their bodies have been fished out, SP Manoj Kumar Jha said.In a similar incident in Amethi, a 12-year-old boy drowned while two others were missing after their boat capsized in river Gomti at Kudwa Ghat on Thursday under Jagdishpur police station.The boat was carrying at least 8 persons who were on their way to Jagdishpur to participate in a Moharram related function when the accident occurred, a police official said.While five of them were rescued, one died and two remain missing, the official added..