Deoria. Four women and two youths drowned when they went to bathe in Chhoti Gandak river in Tarkulwa area of Deoria. Five people, including three women, died in the accident. The condition of a teenager is critical, who has been admitted to the hospital. CO City S Tripathi told that five people died due to drowning in Gandak river. This includes three women and two youths. The condition of a teenager is critical, who is being treated.
Everyone went to bathe in the river
According to the villagers, Ashiya wife Mazhar Ansari, a resident of Pachrukhia Kanchanpur of Tarkulwa area and Ashiya Khatoon wife Mehmood, Sakina wife Sahabuddin, a resident of Rampur Awasthi village, Tinku Ansari, a resident of Pachrukhia village, along with Zeeshan’s son Azizuddin, a girl in the river. Had gone to take a bath. Suddenly everyone started drowning due to going in the current of the river. During this, a person present on the banks of the river started making noise.
Three women and two youths died
The people around reached there and hurriedly jumped into the river and tried to save the drowning women and youth, but by then three women and two youths had died. A teenager was taken out, who is breathing. His condition is said to be serious. The deceased include Ashiya wife Mazhar Ansari, resident of Pachrukhia Kanchanpur and Ashiya Khatoon wife Mahmood, resident of Rampur Awasthi village, Sakina wife Sahabuddin, besides Tinku Ansari, resident of Pachrukhia village, Zeeshan’s son Azizuddin.