Tragedy gripped the city as a boy drowned in the Subernarekha river near the Jamshedpur Co-operative College under Bistupur police station area on Thursday morning. The victim Rajesh Bag (18) was the only child of his parents. He was a student of Prem Jyoti Prangan, a school for less privileged children. Rajesh had gone for bath when the incident took place. His friends soon ran away when the victim got drowned.
Two other youth who were also taking bath in the river tried to rescue him. They had taken him to MGM Medical College and Hospital emergency where doctors declared him brought dead.
" We are still in shock after the incident. We were taking bath when we saw four boys taking bath in Subernarekha . One of the four was drowning and waving hands for help. His friends screamed for help, leading us to go to the point where the boy was drowning. Both of us searched for him for five minutes and ultimately spotted him, but it was too late," said , one of the rescuers.
Rajesh was the only child of Jaisen Bag and wife Sangita. He studied in class VII in Prem Jyoti Prangan. The woman said that she was preparing breakfast for her son, in the meantime, some of his friends called him.
And instead of taking bath at home, he went away by saying me that he would come soon after taking bath from the Subarnarekha river. While I was waiting for his return, someone came to our out-house and informed that Rajesh was drowned in the river and his body is lying at the MGM Medical College and Hospital," said Sangita.
The victim's father who works in a transport firm was at home when his son's friends had come to call him, but he did not pay attention, who the boys were. Officer-in-charge, Bistupur police station, Jitendra Kumar confirmed that there was a drowning death of a teen-aged boy. He said that the police was looking for the three friends with whom the victim was taking bath. The police will try and probe their involvement in the incident.