Three city youths drown in Kolar river
| Date :20-Sep-2020 |
Khaperkheda Correspondent :
SDRF personnel fish out bodies of two youths n Search for body of the third youth continued till late evening
TRAGEDY struck the families of three youths from Nagpur when they drowned in Kolar river while immersing ashes of their common friend’s deceased grandmother at Kille Kolar ghat near Dahegaon on Chhindwara Road on Saturday. Bodies of the two youths -- Aakash Rajendra Raut (25), a resident of Rameshwari, and Harshit Raju Edwan (20), a resident of Mahal -- were fished out by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel.
State Disaster Response Force personnel searching for the body of Nayan Yedkar.
Search for the body of Nayan Yedkar (20), a resident of Babulkheda, was on till late evening. As per information, 82-year-old Lahanubai Sadashiv Sarode, a resident of Babulkheda, passed away. Her grandson Sumit Bandu Sarode, his friends Aakash, Harshit and Nayan, family members and relatives came for immersing her ashes in Kolar river. Around 3 pm, Aakash, Harshit, Nayan and Sumit went into the water to immerse the ashes. Suddenly, Aakash slipped and drowned.
Harish tried to rescue him but he also started drowning. Noticing his cries, Nayan also jumped into the water to save him but he, too, was washed away. Others who were at the spot stood helplessly as none of them knew how to swim. After receiving information about the tragedy, staff from Khaperkheda Police Station led by Inspector Jaipal Singh Girase rushed to Kolar ghat. Taking help of local fishermen, cops made futile efforts to trace the bodies. Finally, a team of Fire & Emergency services of Nagpur Municipal Corporation and SDRF was summoned. SDRF personnel traced the bodies of Aakash and Harshit and fished them out. Police then sent the bodies for autopsy.
The search operation, which was suspended in late evening, would resume on Sunday morning to trace Nayan’s body. Prima face, a senior officer of Nagpur (Rural) Police said, the youths who drowned were unaware of the depth of the water in the river resulting in the tragedy. “Khaperkheda Police registered a case of accidental deaths and started investigation,” he added.
Boy drowns in Kanhan river
Staff Reporter :
A BOY met with a watery grave while bathing in Kanhan river with his friends near Khapa. Body of Yogesh Ramesh Gokhe (11), a resident of Gadewalapura, Khapa, was fished out from the river by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on Friday. Around 5 pm on Thursday, Yogesh and two of his friends had gone to take bath in the river. While bathing, he slipped and washed away. After his friends shouted for help, villagers gathered. They tried to search Yogesh. Staff from Khapa Police Station reached the spot. With the assistance of local fishermen, police started searching for Yogesh’s body. On Friday, SDRF personnel traced the body about three kilometre from the spot where he was bathing. After the body was fished out, Khapa Police sent body for autopsy and registered a case under Section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure.