Man drowns in pond at Galudih

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, Oct 26: A man, identified as Kishori Mohan Mahato of Pairaguri village in Galudih under Ghatsila block drowned in a pond on Wednesday. He had gone to the pond to fetch lotus for Govardhan puja. While doing so, he slipped into deep water and got trapped in the bushes. Several other villagers were also plucking lotus from the pond, but they could not dare to save Kishori. Police later fished out the body and sent it to Ghatsila sub-divisional hospital for postmortem examination. Kishori’s sisters Archana Mahato and Reena Mahato had come home to celebrate Bhai Dooj. But unfortunately they lost their brother on the same day.