Four girls and a boy of age group from 12 to 17 lost their lives in a tragic incident, which took place in Harli village of Daru block of Hazaribagh district on September 17.
They all died due to drowning in Konar river, which flows near the village.
When the villagers came to know the incident, they rushed to the spot and started searching for the bodies. All bodies were recovered from river, where there was deep water.
In the evening, the bodies were brought to Sadar Hospital, Hazaribagh with a little hope, but the doctors declared them brought dead.
As per information received from the village, a group of children of Harli village of Daru block were preparing to celebrate the Karma festival in the village.
For the preparation of Karma festival as per rituals on Thursday, they went to Konar River to take sand from the river bed to sow the paddy seed for the festival.
The site they chose was actually of a little spring where the river bed has become deep due to continuous fall of spring water.
They all first entered into the water to have a bath before performing the parts of ritual there and one of them named Ujjala slipped down in deep water.
When she started drowning, Varsha entered in to the deep water followed by Rita, Soni and Sandeep to save her, but they all lost their lives.
When no one came out from that hole their fellows rushed towards the village and informed the villagers. After getting the news, the villagers ran to save them but by that time, they all have drowned in deep water. Jhumra police also reached spot.
After the recovery of all the bodies from the river, the police first sent the bodies to local PHC and then to Sadar Hospital.