Zoom News : May 04, 2022, 02:49 PM
Four people, including three youths of Nagina in Bijnor district of UP, who came to visit Kotdwar during Eid holiday, died due to drowning in Khoh river. SDRF and police team pulled the body out of the river from Khoh river near Amsaur-Durgadevi.
On Tuesday afternoon, eight people of Nagina Bijnor UP had reached Kotdwar to celebrate Eid holiday. They reached Khoh river between Amsaur and Durgadevi on Dugadda road for the purpose of bathing in the river. Around four o'clock in the evening, four people descended to take a bath in the river. Then a young man went into deep water and started drowning. To save him, another companion also got down in the river. Soon he too drowned. Four people drowned in the river trying to save each other.
As soon as the information about the drowning of four people was received, a large number of residents gathered and informed the police about the incident. On receiving the information, SDRF and police team reached the spot. The team pulled the youths out of the river, but by then they had died.
Kotwal Vijay Singh said that the accomplices of the drowned youths identified the dead. The deceased include Nadeem (42) son Anish, Jab (29) son Shahid, Guddu (24) son Shahid resident of nearby police post Nagina Bijnor UP and Ghalib (15) son Khalid resident of Sheki Sarai Nagina Bijnor UP.
On Tuesday afternoon, eight people of Nagina Bijnor UP had reached Kotdwar to celebrate Eid holiday. They reached Khoh river between Amsaur and Durgadevi on Dugadda road for the purpose of bathing in the river. Around four o'clock in the evening, four people descended to take a bath in the river. Then a young man went into deep water and started drowning. To save him, another companion also got down in the river. Soon he too drowned. Four people drowned in the river trying to save each other.
As soon as the information about the drowning of four people was received, a large number of residents gathered and informed the police about the incident. On receiving the information, SDRF and police team reached the spot. The team pulled the youths out of the river, but by then they had died.
Kotwal Vijay Singh said that the accomplices of the drowned youths identified the dead. The deceased include Nadeem (42) son Anish, Jab (29) son Shahid, Guddu (24) son Shahid resident of nearby police post Nagina Bijnor UP and Ghalib (15) son Khalid resident of Sheki Sarai Nagina Bijnor UP.