SASARAM/PATNA: Eleven youths, including seven from a family, drowned while bathing in two incidents in Bihar's Rohtas and Katihar districts on Sunday.
Seven children from a family, including four siblings, drowned in the swollen Sone River in Rohtas' Tumba village. The bodies of Nibha Kumari (14), Nidhi Kumari (12), Gunugun Kumari (8), and Pawan Kumar (6), all siblings, along with their cousins Abhay Kumar (10), Vivek Kumar (12) and Raju Kumar (12), were recovered by divers deployed by local administration.
Nand Kishor Gond, an autorickshaw driver from Ranchi's Doranda, had taken his four children and four others from his family for a bath. He managed to rescue one, the young son of his brother-in-law Kedar Gond.
"Despite warnings about the rising water level, locals continued to bathe in the river, resulting in several drowning cases," police said.
In Katihar, four youths drowned while bathing in floodwaters near Sameli halt in Chakla Maula Nagar panchayat area around 2pm. Their cries for help initially went unheard, and by the time locals reached them, it was too late. The bodies of Deepak Kumar (18), Himanshu Kumar (18), Abhijeet Kumar (18), and Saurabh Kumar (15) were later recovered.
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