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Three UK Sikh NRIs drowned in lake

Wolverhampton, Sep. 22, 2006
Ranvir Saini

Three NRI (non-resident Indians), Harvinder Singh, 15, Satvir Singh, 17, and Tajinder Singh, 21 were drowned after paddling in a Lake Ullswater, Cumbria. Another boy 15, was rescued and taken to hospital, where his condition was described as stable. The bodies of the three missing males were recovered by police divers on Saturday night.

A Cumbria Police, said: "I think the lake was reasonably calm. "Unfortunately it does have deep areas and shelving and the water is extremely cold so it's all speculation at the moment but I am assuming that someone has gone too deep and they have got cold and been unable to swim. All three victims were not closely related, but may have been from the same extended family. "

Mr. Zak Ratcliffe, a boat hire stand leapt into the water and try to save the the Singhs but all in vain. He said, "When I first saw a group of six lads I thought they might be a bit rowdy, so I put a £20 deposit on each boat. But they were good as gold. They were all please and thank you, and they were just enjoying themselves on the boats. Later on we could hear them splashing around in the water and just mucking about. They were still wearing their clothes. Then I heard some shouting and I could tell they were in trouble. I got in a boat and went around and I couldn't see them so I jumped into the water. It was a heat-of-the-moment thing, I didn't really think about it, and I've since been told it was the wrong thing for me to do as it put me in danger. There was a guy about to hire a boat off us and he jumped in as well but we couldn't see them anywhere. They were just gone, there was nothing we could do."