They were swept distant by a beardown existent of h2o but 10 of them swam to safety. (Representational)
Morena:
Two persons drowned and 5 went missing successful Madhya Pradesh's Morena territory portion crossing the Chambal stream connected their mode to a temple successful Rajasthan connected Saturday morning, officials said.
The rescuers fished retired 3 bodies from the river, but 1 of them remained unidentified and arsenic per the survivors was not a portion of their radical of 17.
"Two bodies person been identified. Another could not beryllium identified,” Morena territory collector Ankit Asthana told PTI successful the evening.
The incidental took spot astir 7 americium erstwhile a radical of 17 devotees from MP's Shivpuri district, heading for a temple just successful the neighbouring state, was crossing the stream connected ft reasoning that h2o was shallow, a constabulary serviceman said.
They were swept distant by a beardown existent of h2o but 10 of them swam to safety, said inspector Dharmendra Malviya of Tentra constabulary presumption successful Morena district.
Seven of the survivors reached the stream slope connected the Rajasthan broadside and 3 reached the MP side.
Two persons from the radical -- Devkinandan (50) and Kallo Bai, a pistillate (45) -- drowned, portion 5 others were inactive missing.
The rescuers besides recovered different assemblage which could not beryllium identified arsenic its look had been severely damaged, perchance bitten by crocodiles, officials said.
Cheyun Kushwaha, 1 of the survivors, told reporters that this idiosyncratic did not beryllium to their group.
Rukmani (24), Luvkush Singh (12), Brajmohan (17), Alopa Bai (45) and Rashmi (19) were missing and hunt was connected for them till precocious successful the evening, inspector Malviya said.
All of them were from Chilwada village, astir 22 km from Shivpuri territory headquarters, and heading for Kaila Devi Mandir successful neighbouring Karauli territory of Rajasthan.
Police and rescuers from Rajasthan excessively were looking for the missing persons, officials said.
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