Eight drown in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh

Vidisha/Khandwa:A jawan of the Special Armed Force (SAF) and a doctor were among eight persons who drowned in separate incidents in Vidisha, Sehore and Khandwa districts of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

. Five persons drowned in the Betwa River in different ghat areas in Vidisha district, while a doctor drowned during a picnic at Digambar waterfall in Sehore district, and two teenage girls drowned in the Agni River in Khandwa district, officials said.

. The incidents occurred on Sunday, and some bodies were retrieved on Monday morning, they said.

. Ashwin Krishnan Iyer (28), a doctor at a private hospital in Bhopal, drowned while bathing at Digambar waterfall on Sunday, Shahganj police station in-charge Pankaj Wadekar said.

. The State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) fished out the doctor's body after a 17-hour search operation on Monday morning, he said.

.Kolkata medic's rape-murder: SC directs CBI to file fresh status report by September 17. Iyer had come to the waterfall for a picnic with a friend, and the security personnel deployed there had stopped them from bathing in the waterbody. But the duo managed to sneak in from another route, sub-divisional officer of police Shashank Gurjar said.

. In Vidisha, five persons drowned in different ghats of the Betwa River, and three bodies were retrieved on Monday morning, officials said.

. The drownings occurred at Bangla, Rangai and Barri ghats, an official said.

. Harendra Chouhan (30), a constable with the 23rd battalion of the SAF, and Sandeep (26) drowned on Sunday evening, SDERF commandant Rashmi Dubey said.

. Their bodies were fished out on Monday morning, she said.

.Scientists identify antibody to counter all Covid-19 variants. Dubey said the SDERF also retrieved the bodies of Ankit Ahirwar (18) and Krishna Ahirwar (19), who drowned at Rangai Ghat on Sunday.

. In another incident, Raghvendra Chouhan (24) slipped and fell into the river while travelling on a motorcycle with his sister on the Barri Ghat bridge on Sunday, she said.

. While villagers managed to rescue Chouhan's sister, he was swept away, and his body was recovered this morning, the official said.

. In Khandwa, two 18-year-old girls drowned while taking a holy dip in the Agni River under the Ashapura police post on Sunday, Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Rai said.

. Bodies of Jyoti and Shivani were fished out by the police with the help of locals, he said.

Eight drown in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh

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