Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Buxar : Three youth drowned in river Ganga at Bees Ke Dera Ghat under Simari police station in Buxar district on May 24, 2020, morning. The villagers fished out one body while bodies of other two youth were still missing. The three youth were identified as Ashwini Kumar Verma, Pradeep Srivastava, and Ran Vijay Kumar Pathak of Manjhawari village under Simari police station in Buxar district.
SHO, Simari police station, Zunaid Alam said that 10 youth from Manjhwari village had gone to Bees Ke Dera Ghat to take a dip in river Ganga on May 24 morning but none of them had any idea how deep the water is at the ghat. While taking dip, three of them were swept away in the fast current of river Ganga and drowned. Their friends tried their best to rescue them but failed.
On getting information, Mukhia, Keshopur Panchayat,Santosh Verma reached the spot with some villagers and somehow fished out body of Ashwini Kumar Verma while Pradeep Srivastava and Ran Vijay Kumar Pathak are still missing. The SHO said that divers and “Mahajal” have been pressed into operation.