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Buxar: Chandan Tiwari, 35, son of Nathuni Tiwari of Baba Nagar under Industrial police station in Buxar district committed suicide by jumping into the swirling Ganga at about 10 pm on August 30, 2017, but his body had not been found till the filing of this report.
Chandan Tiwari told one of his friends on mobile phone that he was going to commit suicide. Chandan jumped into the swollen Ganga before his friend reached there. He at once informed Chandan’s family members about the incident. Within seconds, hundreds of residents of the area gathered there and tried to contact the officials of the district administration for help but to no avail.
Buxar MP Ashwini Choubey too reached there soon after getting information about the incident. He himself tried to contact the district officials but in vain. Choubey then contacted the state Home Secretary around midnight after which the district officials swung into action and a team of NDRF was pressed into service but it was yet to fish out the body.