Gujarat: 3 of Barodian family drown in Mahisagar river

VADODARA: Tragedy struck Tarsali’s Vyas family as three of its members met a watery grave in Mahisagar river. The incident happened at Karakhdi village of Padra taluka on Sunday morning.
The 40-year-old Jyoti Vyas (40), her 10-year-old son Abhay, and 12-year-old nephew Mitesh, who are all natives of Karakhdi but settled in Vadodara city at Tarsali, had gone for a swim in the river on Sunday morning.
Police said that family members used to frequently visit their village during weekends and holidays.
On Sunday at around 9.30am, Vyas took her son and nephew for a swim in Mahisagar river passing by their village. The trio was enjoying their swim when the high tides increased the river’s water level and they got swept away.
Locals, who were present on the river bank, sounded an alarm after seeing the three struggling to stay afloat. However, within a couple of minutes the victims disappeared in the waters.
A few villagers dived in the river to rescue them, but it was too late and they could only find the bodies of Vyas and Abhay. When Mitesh could not be found, firemen from Vadodara city were called for a search operation.
Mitesh’s body too fished out in the afternoon.
The bodies were taken to the government hospital in Vadu for postmortem and a case of accidental death was registered at Vadu police station.