3 youths killed as car falls into Bhakra canal; bodies fished out

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Kiratpur Sahib, January 16: Three local youths died when the car they were travelling in fell into the Bhakra canal near Bunga Sahib on Tuesday night.

Jivan Kumar, Pradip Kumar and Amrik Singh of the neaby Attari village were returning home after watching a wrestling competition at Nimoh village on Tuesday night.

Their bodies and the car were fished out of the canal on Wednesday afternoon.

Jeevan was a student of Class 12 at his village school and Amrik was pursuing a diploma at the ITI, Nangal. Pradip was employed at a factory in Himachal Pradesh.