Bet for ‘Kiss’ on ‘Kiss Day’ (13 February) claimed one youth’s life in Bokaro. The body of the deceased was fished out by divers on Sunday evening.
Rahul, a student of class 12th from Sarswati Vidya Mandir, Sector 3, died after drowning in the cooling pond no-1 on the eve of ‘Kiss Day’ (13 February). Rahul along with his two class friends’ Praveen and Ranjeet rushed to the cooling pond, later their girlfriends also followed them there, said an eyewitness on anonymity.
As that was the ‘Kiss day’ and the girls kept a condition (bet) before the boys that whoever of them comes out first after diving in the deep cooling pond will get the ‘Kiss’ first.
Taking it as a challenge, the trio jumped into the cooling pond after keeping their clothes out and rushed out for ‘kiss’.
later Rahul again dived into the pond for another ‘Kiss’ but could not came out as the pound was full with huge water plants and at a very deep level Rahul was stuck by those plants, said the eyewitness. later locals who were there informed the police. Police called the rescue team but they failed to fish out the body. On Sunday a team of eight divers was called from Khetko village about 35 kms from the district headquarter of Bokaro. After a stiff struggle of 24 hours, the body of the deceased was fished out.
Craze of Valentine’s day has been increasing day by day among the teenagers. Not only are we celebrating Valentine Day but we feel proud to celebrate Valentin Week; taking advantage of some quality time with our girlfriends by going to dinner, Cinemas and Parks, whether it’s spending time with our significant other, said Sahid Jamal a student. “We used to celebrate this week days as Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, Kiss Day and finally Valentine Day”, added Sahid.