Two students drown in Kolar dam, bodies retrieved after 18-hour search
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Police said all four students had gone to Kolar Dam for a weekend outing. While swimming, three of them ventured into deep water and began to struggle. One managed to swim back to the shore, but the other two were swept under.
The bodies were retrieved by the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) on Monday morning, nearly 18 hours after the incident. The deceased have been identified as Prince Rajput (22) from Bihar and Ujjwal Tripathi (20) from Chhatarpur.
According to police, both students were pursuing B Pharma at private colleges in Bhopal. Prince was living in a rented room in MP Nagar, and Ujjwal was staying in Ashoka Garden. The video footage shows the group bathing and playing in the water before three students drift into deeper waters. One of them is seen frantically paddling to safety, while the other two disappear beneath the surface.
Police and SDERF teams were informed and began a search operation late Sunday evening, which continued into the night.
The bodies were finally retrieved around 11:55 am on Monday and were sent for postmortem in Bilkisganj. Following the examination, Prince's body will be sent to Bihar and Ujjwal's to Chhatarpur.
In a follow-up to Sunday's monsoon-related incidents, rescue teams in Sehore district have so far retrieved three bodies out of five people swept away in two separate incidents. Search operations resumed early Monday, with teams continuing efforts to locate two missing individuals.
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Three members of a family were washed away while bathing in a drain near Surai village in Rehti. The victims—Ata ur Rehman (40), his wife Rafat (45), and their 2.5-year-old son Oran—were caught in a sudden surge of water while bathing. On Monday, rescue teams retrieved the body of the child. The search for the parents is still underway. According to police, the drain feeds into the Kolar River, and divers are focusing their efforts in that stretch.
In all five people in total were reported missing in water-related accidents triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
Bhopal: Two students drowned in Kolar Dam in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh during a Sunday picnic, while a third narrowly escaped. A video of the incident has surfaced, capturing the moment when the group got caught in deep water while bathing.
Police said all four students had gone to Kolar Dam for a weekend outing.
While swimming, three of them ventured into deep water and began to struggle. One managed to swim back to the shore, but the other two were swept under.
The bodies were retrieved by the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) on Monday morning, nearly 18 hours after the incident. The deceased have been identified as Prince Rajput (22) from Bihar and Ujjwal Tripathi (20) from Chhatarpur.
According to police, both students were pursuing B Pharma at private colleges in Bhopal.
Prince was living in a rented room in MP Nagar, and Ujjwal was staying in Ashoka Garden. The video footage shows the group bathing and playing in the water before three students drift into deeper waters. One of them is seen frantically paddling to safety, while the other two disappear beneath the surface.
Police and SDERF teams were informed and began a search operation late Sunday evening, which continued into the night.
The bodies were finally retrieved around 11:55 am on Monday and were sent for postmortem in Bilkisganj. Following the examination, Prince's body will be sent to Bihar and Ujjwal's to Chhatarpur.
In a follow-up to Sunday's monsoon-related incidents, rescue teams in Sehore district have so far retrieved three bodies out of five people swept away in two separate incidents. Search operations resumed early Monday, with teams continuing efforts to locate two missing individuals.
Three members of a family were washed away while bathing in a drain near Surai village in Rehti. The victims—Ata ur Rehman (40), his wife Rafat (45), and their 2.5-year-old son Oran—were caught in a sudden surge of water while bathing. On Monday, rescue teams retrieved the body of the child. The search for the parents is still underway. According to police, the drain feeds into the Kolar River, and divers are focusing their efforts in that stretch.
In all five people in total were reported missing in water-related accidents triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
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