Bareilly: A 53-year-old farmer drowned in Baigul river in Partapur village under Shahi police station on Monday morning.Deceased’s nephew Dinesh said, “Around 7.30am, my uncle Ram Lal and his friend and neighbour Herprasad left for their fields trans Beygul, and took a ‘jugaad naav’ (air-tube boat made up of truck’s tubes) to cross the river. Suddenly, they lost control and both fell into the river. A local farmer, Roshan Lal, who was cleaning his buffaloes near the river, heard their screams and jumped into the river to save them. Roshan Lal rescued them within 20 minutes, but my uncle died on the spot. I informed Dial 100 and police.”Ram Lal, the lone bread winner for the family, is survived by three unmarried children. His wife had died due to an illness.Station house officer (SHO), Shahi police, Sudesh Sirohi said, “It was an accident. After getting information, we reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Thereafter, we will hand over the body to the deceased’s family.”

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