It was early Saturday when an 18-year-old youth riding a bike collided with a fire tender that was en route to rescue a man drowning in the Yamuna river near Sonia Vihar. While the youth died, the man who was to be rescued also drowned. His body was recovered from the river around 2.30 pm.

Police identified the deceased as biker Rohit Pal and the man who drowned as Kuldeep Nainwal (47), a local BJP leader residing at Karawal Nagar in Northeast Delhi .

Police said that around 7 am, Nainwal slipped and fell into the Yamuna river at Sonia Vihar Pushta where he had gone to feed the fish. “After feeding the fish, he attempted to wash his hands in the river but slipped and fell into the water… Bystanders made a PCR call and also alerted the Delhi Fire Service (DFS),” an officer said.

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