In a tragic incident at Mangrodih village two kilometers far from Giridih urban area, four children of two families died as they drowned in Usri River here on Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 10 am on Tuesday.
Women of the village had gone to the Usri river, half a kilometer away from the village, to take bath and bring offerings for Kharna Puja during Chhath festival. While taking bath 10-year-old Suhana Kumari, daughter of Madan Singh, Tinku Singh’s daughter Sonakshi Kumari, Shyam Singh’s granddaughter
Diksha Kumari and Mahesh Singh’s 12-year-old son Munna Kumar went into the deep water of the river.
During this, the women returned but the family members could not get any information about the children drowned in the river.
After some time, a child who returned from the river informed the villagers about the incident.
After which there was chaos in the whole village. The one who got the information ran towards the river. The villagers who reached the river bank, after much effort, pulled the first two children out of the deep water and took them to the nursing home of the city. Where both were declared brought dead.
At the same time, two children drowned in the river and were also pulled out. By then both the children had died.
After getting information about the incident, many police officers including Sadar SDPO Anil Singh reached the spot and inquired about the whole matter. According to the information, the incident took place on the banks of Usri river. There, the ghat was also being prepared for offering worship and arghya by the villagers.