At least 10 people from Punjab’s Ludhiana district drowned in the river Yamuna in the Hindu holy town of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh on Friday afternoon, after one of two boats they’d hired for a joyride capsized, and those on the other also fell in. Officials said boat collided with a floating pontoon left behind after a bridge was dismantled recently. (HT Photo) The group that hired the boat at Keshi Ghat comprised 30 people, police said; at least 16 were rescued at the time of the last update, and 10 bodies found. Most of the victims belonged to Jagraon town in Ludhiana, it is learnt. “It appears that one of the boats went out of control and lost balance after colliding with a pontoon bridge on the river,” said Shailesh Pandey, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Agra range. The tragedy happened around 3 pm, he said. “The exact reason will, however, be assigned after proper investigation,” said Pandey. Floating parts of dismantled bridge The pontoon bridge had recently been dismantled due to rising …