Kanpur: A 45-year-old man who jumped into the Shyamnala river to rescue his 12-year-old son was swept away by the strong current after managing to bring the boy to safety in Maudaha town of Hamirpur district. His body was recovered nearly 20 hours later on Sunday.Ramkishor alias Dagru, a resident of Urdana village in the Kotwali area, had gone with his son Mohit to graze goats near the river on Saturday. While they were crossing a rapta, Mohit slipped and began to be swept away.Ramkishor jumped into the river and managed to bring his son to safety but was himself swept away.Sub-divisional magistrate Karnveer Singh and circle officer Rajkumar Pandey reached the spot with police after being informed. An NDRF team and villagers searched the river until late Saturday night but could not find Ramkishor.The NDRF resumed the search on Sunday morning. Ramkishor’s body was found around 10 am, lodged in bushes about 500 metres from the incident site.Police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem examination.
