4 drown during Ganesh idol immersion in Ganjam, Bhadrak | Bhubaneswar News


4 drown during Ganesh idol immersion in Ganjam, Bhadrak

Berhampur: Four teenagers drowned during Ganesh idol immersions in Ganjam and Bhadrak districts on Wednesday.In Ganjam, three school students drowned during Ganesh idol immersion in two separate incidents. Class IX students Adarsh Sahu and Preetam Sameli (both 14) drowned in Ghodahada river in Hinjili, while Sitanshu Jena (13), a Class VIII student, drowned in a village pond at Sidhakhandi under Digapahandi police station limits.Adarsh and Preetam were part of a group of students who had gone for idol immersion. During the ceremony, the two reportedly slipped into deep water. Fire services personnel later rescued them and shifted them to the sub-divisional hospital in Hinjili, where doctors declared them dead.Sitanshu also went to the pond with fellow students from his coaching centre to immerse a Ganesh idol when he slipped into deep water, according to police. Villagers rescued him and rushed him to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur, where doctors declared him dead.The bodies were handed over to the families after postmortem examinations.Meanwhile, another tragedy struck during the immersion of a Lord Ganesh idol at a school in Digachia under Chandbali block of Bhadrak district, when a 15-year-old Class XI student drowned.



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