# Four Kanwariyas feared drowned in Ganga at UP’s Farrukhabad 2026-08-18T01:36:12+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Four Kanwariyas from Shahjahanpur are feared drowned after they entered the Ganga at Panchal Ghat in Farrukhabad on Monday. The group was bathing in the river around 10 am when they ventured into deep water and were swept away by a strong current. The missing youths have been identified as Kamal Saxena, Yogesh Saxena, Vikas Saxena, and Arjun Kashyap. They had travelled by motorcycle to collect Ganga water as part of their Kanwar pilgrimage and were scheduled to proceed to Gola Gokarannath. Bystanders tried to rescue them but could not. Police, local divers, a steamer, and a National Disaster Response Force team have been searching for hours. The operation continued into the evening with no trace of the four men. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Farrukhabad, Ganga river, Kanwar Yatra, National Disaster Response Force Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/four-kanwariyas-feared-drowned-in-ganga-at-ups-farrukhabad/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/four-kanwariyas-feared-drowned-in-ganga-at-ups-farrukhabad/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/