Three youths were washed away while they were bathing in Khanjo river adjacent to Jaina Basti within the limits of Jaridih police station area.
After receiving information about this, Jaridih and Petarwar police station reached the spot. The family members of the youth have also reached the river bank.
After a lot of efforts by the police, the police have recovered the bodies of the three boys, all three died due to drowning in the river.
Family sources said that Akash Rai (26), Manish Rai (23), Manish Rai (23), son of Manoj Rai, resident of Teacher Colony, Jainamod, and their cousin Nilesh Rai (30) had gone out with a Baleno car after asking their family members to return back shortly. When all three did not return home till evening, Akash Rai's mother called, then everyone said that they were taking bath in Khanjo river and also said to return soon. But he did not return till around 7 o'clock. So the family members, while searching, reached the bank of the river below Jaina Basti where the Baleno car was parked and the clothes of all three and their mobiles were lying in the car.
But there was no trace of all three. The family members informed this to the police station. After that, Jaridih CO along with the police of Jaridih, Petarwar police station also reached the spot.
No trace of the three youth has been found. The police is using local divers to search for the body. But due to intermittent rain for the last two days, there is a strong flow in the river. Because of this, the police are having difficulty finding the youths.