Overview
- Sachin Tyagi, 39, and Brijesh Kumar Tripathi, 43, drowned Sunday morning after slipping into deep water during a ritual bath in Haridwar.
- People at the ghat raised an alarm, police and local divers pulled both men from the river, and doctors at a hospital declared them dead.
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Ziauddin Ahmad said the bodies were sent for post-mortem and the remains are being transported back to Ghaziabad.
- A close friend said one man was swept by a strong current and the other died trying to save him, a detail reported to PTI and pending official confirmation.
- Locals said shifting riverbeds can hide sudden drop-offs at bathing spots on the Ganga, which makes judging depth difficult during ritual dips.