A 13-year-old boy drowned while taking a bath at Baridih ghatna in Subernarekha River along the Sidhgora thana area of the city on Thursday afternoon.
The victim, Ankit Sharma, drowned in the swollen river alongside three of his friends at about 1pm on Thursday.
The victim was a resident of Meera Road in Baridih Bustee, just 500 metres away from the river ghat.
Though the deceased's friend succeeded in rushing him to MGM Medical College Hospital in an auto-rickshaw, but on reaching the hospital, the doctors on emergency duty declared him dead.
A doctor who attended to Ankit said that had he been given necessary therapy like chest compressions followed by breath-giving repeatedly on the spot, then perhaps he would have survived.
"But instead of giving the drowning victim the necessary therapy, his friends brought him to the medical college hospital by travelling about 8km. The boys who brought him here must not be aware about the therapy, "said the doctor to The Telegraph Online.
The OC of Sidhgora thana, Ravi Ranjan Prasad Singh confirmed the death.
"The victim's father Umesh Sharma has in a statement said that his son had gone to take bath in the river along with his friends and drowned accidentally. We have seized the body and have shifted it to the MGM Medical
College mortuary for post mortem, "said Singh to The Telegraph Online.
"My son would hardly go to take bath in the river, but he went over to the river ghat on being asked by his friends who reside in the same locality,” said bereaved Umesh Sharma.