Family outing turns into tragedy Water-filled quarry swallows five, including two children, near Kuhi
   Date :13-May-2025

Family outing turns into tragedy kuhi taluka
 The Kuhi Police Station officials inspecting the crime scene on Monday evening. (Pic blurred)
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
A joyful outing turned into a heartbreaking tragedy as five persons including two children drowned in a water-filled quarry near Kuhi turning on Umred Road in Nagpur District. The bodies of the deceased were fished out by the police, on Monday evening. The deceased have been identified as Aihtesham Muktar Ansari (20), a resident of Takia, Diwanshah; Rajju alias Ranjana Suryakant Raut (22) from Gujarwadi; Roshni Chandrakant Chaudhary (32); and her children, Mohit (10) and Laxmi (8), who lived in Dhule. Rajju and Roshni were relatives and Aihtesham was a friend of Rajju. Kuhi Police Station officials said that Roshni had come to visit Rajju along with her two children, recently. On Sunday afternoon, all the five went for an outing on Aihtesham’s motorcycle and reached the quarry.
 
The quarry was filled with water. The five failed to gauge the depth of the water while bathing in the quarry. Sadly, one by one, all the five drowned. As none of them returned home in the evening, families got panicky. Worried relatives began searching for them and filed missing person reports at Ganeshpeth and Tehsil Police stations. Meanwhile, Aihtesham’s maternal uncle, Mohammad Rafiq Ansari, who lives near Kuhi turning, traced Aihtesham’s mobile phone location. The location led him to the quarry. He then alerted the Kuhi Police Station officials. Police Inspector Bhanudas Pidurkar and his team rushed to the scene around 4 pm on Monday. They found a motorcycle, clothes and other belongings near the edge of the quarry.
 
With the help of local swimmers and divers, a search was carried out in the water. Eventually, the bodies of all five victims were recovered from the quarry. The bodies were identified by the grieving family members. Police completed a panchnama and sent the bodies to the Government Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem. Kuhi Police have registered a case of accidental death and are continuing their investigation to understand the full circumstances of the incident. A police official said that they are not suspecting anything other than a terrible accident.
 
She came from Dhule for housewarming event
Suryakant Jivan Raut (60), a resident of Gujarwadi, informed the police that his elder daughter, Roshni Chaudhary (32), who lives in Dhule with her husband and children, had arrived in Nagpur to attend a housewarming ceremony on May 3. Since then, she had been staying at her father’s residence. However, what began as a joyful outing
with her children and friends ended in tragedy, as Roshni and her children drowned in a quarry. The incident left the family members and relatives devastated.