Five members of a family drown in Banas river

Five members of a family drowned in the Banas river in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said.

"27-year old Zuber and his wife Mariam (21) had along with other family members gone to the banks of the Banas river for a picnic on Tuesday evening. They went deep into the river and drowned," Additional SP, Tonk, Vinit Kumar Bansal said.

The other family members tried to pull them out but were unsuccessful. The bodies were pulled out by divers and handed over to family members on Tuesday night.