Jharkhand: Two drown while bathing in river during Chhath festival, one goes missing

The deceased were from Bihar, an official said.

Medininagar (Jharkhand): Bodies of two persons, who had gone missing while bathing in the Sone river on the occasion of the Chhath festival on Sunday, were fished out in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said.

The search was underway to trace another person, who also went missing after being swept away in the river, a senior officer said.

The deceased were from Bihar, he said.

Altogether six people went to bathe in the river near Pokhrahi village under the Hussainabad Police Station limits on the occasion of 'Kharna', a ritual of the four-day Chhath festival, and three of them waded deep into the water and were swept away by the current, he said.

Three others swam to shore, Hussainabad Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sonu Kumar Chaudhary said.

"Divers fished out the bodies of Ankush Paswan (22) and Adarsh Chandravansi (22), both residents of Bihar, while the search operation was underway for Rajnish Chandravansi, who hails from Pokhrahi village in Palamu district," Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Hussainabad) Mohammad S Yaqub said.

Paswan and Adarsh Chandravanshi (22) were from Aurangabad and Gaya districts of Bihar, respectively.

They have come to their in-laws' place in Palamu to celebrate the Chhath festival.