Samastipur News: Brother, younger brother drowns in river after Nagapanchami festival, search continues
Samastipur News: Police and SDRF teams arrived on information from villagers. After several hours of efforts by the SDF, no clues were found. The siblings drowned in the Budhi Gandak river near Salkanni Ghat, located in Scindia Mutiyoor North Panchayat Ward, on Thursday morning. SDRF team also reached there on the information of villagers and family members. SDRF teams searched the river throughout the day. Both could not be found till evening. Bulo Devi, daughter of Ramachandra Sahni, a resident of Salkani Ward 12 of Singhia Elder North Panchayat, had come to her mother's house on Thursday morning to witness the Naga Panchami festival. In the morning, Bulo along with her 14-year-old son Vineeth Kumar and daughter Vineetha, along with Puthi Kumari, went to the Salkanni ghat near the house to take a bath in the Kandak river. While taking a bath, both Vineeth and Vinita fell into the strong current. The flowers made a noise. A local diver found the brother and sister and a crowd gathered around. The local divers searched for the brother and sister who drowned in the river. No clue found. The villagers informed the local police and SDRF team. After this, the STRF team started a search operation. The SDF team continued to search the river throughout the day. But till evening, there was no trace of both the brother and the younger brother. The family was in tears after the incident while they were here to witness the Nagapanchami festival. Bhoolo Devi said her mother-in-law's house was in Gulab Bagh area of Purnia district. He had come to his parents' house with his children on Tuesday morning to witness the Naga Panchami festival. He said that the wish of the mother should be fulfilled on the Naga Panchami festival so that the children can have a healthy life. Unfortunately this happened. After the incident, the people nearby are consoling the family. The event was attended by dozens of people including local Sarpanch Arvind Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shyam Kishore Kamal, Ajay Kumar, Devendra Paswan. The post Samastipur News: Brothers and sisters who came to Nagapanchami drowned in river, search continues for Prabhat Kabar.
