Three friends – Tauheed (17), Fahad (19), and Shaan (18) – went to Payagpur Ganga Ghat and boarded a boat to take selfies.

“While taking selfies, they moved towards the edge of the boat and the boat lost balance and fell into the strong current of the river. Tauheed and Shaan were swept away, while Fahad managed to swim to the shore,” said circle officer Arun Kumar.

Divers were deployed to locate the missing boys and their bodies were recovered several hours later on Sunday.

The bodies of Tauheed and Shaan have been sent for post-mortem.