3 Drown In River Yamuna During Durga Idol Immersion In UP

Search Operation Underway!

Agra: A 15-year-old boy in the Sikandra Police Station area and two youths aged 19 years and 22 years in the New Agra Police Station area drowned in the Yamuna river during Durga idol immersion yesterday.

Till late evening, No one was found in the rescue operation carried out. The search operation is to continue.

"During Durga idol immersion, a 15-year-old boy in the Sikandra Police Station area and two youths aged 19 years and 22 years in New Agra PS area drowned in the Yamuna River.

Rescue operation was carried out till late evening; no one was found. Search op to continue," said Circle Officer Mayank Tiwari on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday, in West Bengal seven people died and several were feared missing after flash floods hit Mal River in Jalpaiguri during Goddess Durga idol Visarjan.

"Flash flood hits Mal River in Jalpaiguri during Durga Visarjan. Seven people were dead, several were feared missing and many people were trapped in the river and many washed away. Bodies of seven people were recovered.

NDRF and civil defence deployed in the area; rescue going on," Jalpaiguri Superintendent of Police (SP) Debarshi Dutta had said.

PM Narendra Modi also expressed his condolences to the kin of the people who lost their lives in the flash floods.

PM Modi wrote in a tweet, "Anguished by the mishap during Durga Puja festivities in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Condolences to those who lost their family members."