Six drown in Firozabad on Ganga Dussehra

Arvind Chauhan / TNN / Jun 12, 2019, 23:08 IST

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Six persons, including two brothers, drowned in separate incidents on Wednesday while taking a holy dip on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.

Six drown in Firozabad on Ganga Dussehra

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AGRA: Six persons, including two brothers, drowned in separate incidents on Wednesday while taking a holy dip on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.
In Maalipatti village of Basai Mohammadpur police jurisdiction, a 16-year-old boy, identified as Pinkesh, drowned in the Yamuna while he had gone to take bath along with his four siblings. His body was retrieved by locals.
Similarly in Shahjadpur of Nasipur police jurisdiction, a 10-year-old girl, Shivani, drowned while taking a dip in the Yamuna.

Her body was yet to be found at the time of going to press.
In another case, a private tutor, identified as Rahul Rawat (25), drowned in Jeda canal when he had gone to take bath along with his friends.
Similarly, two brothers - Akhilesh (20) and Sachin (18) of Tundla - drowned in Budda canal of Shikohabad.

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Arvind Chauhan

Arvind Chauhan is an experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the newspapers industry as well as for the social media wing as digital content creator. He has covered subjects like railways, aviation, defence, energy, health, real estate, minority affairs, women and child development, crime, customs, telecom, district court, district administration, roads and infrastructure, armed forces tribunal, and regional politics across Uttar Pradesh. He began his career in Lucknow, and has done reporting in West Uttar Pradesh. He has won the Times Scribe Award four times including for busting fake news, and extensive coverage on Covid orphans. He graduated with a journalism degree from Times School of Journalism and BA (Honors) in English from Lucknow University.

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