Nagpur: Five young people, between 17 and 21 years old, sank on the Kanhan River on Sunday while taking a bath before attending the religious church at the nearest temple, at Amma Ki Daruka, at Old Kamptee Taluka on the outskirts of Nagpur.
None of the children who know how to swim.
The deceased has been identified as Sayyed Arbaz (21), Khwaja Baig (19), Saptaheen Shaikh (20), Ayyaz Baig (22) and Mohd Akhuzhar (21), who have traveled around 230 km from Digras in Yavatmal to attend the religious congregation at Nagpur.
So far, Big Big Body can be provoked despite daily efforts by local divers, the Fishermen team and state responsiveness (SDRF).
Post Mortem was carried out at Kampee District Hospital and his body was handed over to relatives who had reached Nagpur.
Searching for others will continue on Monday.
A group of 12 young people, all the natives were digras in Yavatmal, came to Nagpur to visit the different temple where ‘Urs’ or the religious church was ongoing.
The police said the children began from Yavatmal at around 11pm on Saturday.
After reaching Nagpur, the children visited Taj Bagh to pay respect in Dargah where Baba Taj Urs was underway.
The young people have reached the Kanhan river for bathing.
From here, they should go to another temple, Amma Ki Dargah, at Old Kamptee Taluka.
While five young men went to shower, someone was waiting on the banks of the river.
Their seven friends rested in the car.
Senior Inspector Vilas Kale from the Kanhan police station said the river was not suitable for swimming because the lower part of the river had a dangerous depression, hollow, which could not be measured from the outside.
“Children are at least 17 feet from the bank, although no one knows how to swim.
There is a warning board that warns visitors in this place against swimming, showing that swimming can be dangerous.
However, the children of the man enter to bathe, “Kale said.
“We found their clothes at the bank, which meant they had planned to take a shower,” he said, adding there was an incident that sank here too.
Eyewitnesses said four friends were truly deep in the river while one was near the bank.
When four began to sink, the fifth near the bank entered the water to save them, but he was also swept away.
Tehsildar Prashant Sangde said because rain there was a strong current on the river, which also achieved search operations.
Additional SP, Rural Nagpur, Rahul Maknikar said the police had associated with local divers and swimmers to fish the remaining body.
These locals have adequate knowledge of river flow.
The case of unintentional death was registered at the Kanhan police station in the Nagpur countryside.
Five Yavatmal Youth Sinks on the Kanhan River
