Muzaffarpur (Bihar): At least three students were drowned in Muzaffarpur's Gandak river on Wednesday morning while clicking a selfie.
The deceased were identified as Prince Kumar, Ayushman and Piyush Kumar of Rahul Nagar of Muzaffarpur, said Sub- Inspector Lalan Jha.
According to reports, a group of three students, studying in the same school bunked the classes and planned for a picnic.
Meanwhile, they met their friend Akash Kumar standing near the bank of the river and asked him to join them.
"I joined them but came out of the water after taking a bath, while the other three were busy in clicking selfies", Akash Kumar, deceased's friend said.
"Suddenly, a boy from the group started shouting to save him. Later, the two others tried to save him but due to the heavy stream of water, all the three drowned," Akash Kumar added.
Meanwhile, the police along with NDRF and locals searched for the students but their efforts went in vain. The search operation is still underway.
