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During Chhath Puja, the great festival of Surya worship, two youths died when a boat capsized in the pond located in Pachbhinda village under Taraiya police station area of Saran district. While eight youths have somehow been rescued safely. In a deep pond, two youths have lost their lives due to negligence in showing off others and showing themselves to be smart.
Let us tell you that on the one hand, during Chhath Puja, hundreds of villagers of the village had gathered with their families at the ghat located at the pond to observe Chhath fast. But how did the family members of the two deceased youth know that on the last day of the four-day ritual, at the time of offering arghya to the rising sun, Ghar Lal would say goodbye to the world.
Chhath fasting people at the pond located in Pachbhinda village said that on Friday morning, there was a crowd of Chhath fasting people to offer prayers to the rising sun on the occasion of Chhath festival. During this time, the youth of the village boarded a small boat already placed in the pond. However, the capacity of that boat was not more than two to four people. But despite this, about 10 youths boarded the small boat. The boat sank due to having four times more passengers than its capacity, in which two youths of the village died. While eight were somehow saved.
When 10 youths were carelessly boarding a small boat, someone made a short video of just 14 seconds, which is going viral on social media sites. It is clearly visible that the boat suddenly capsizes and the 10 youths on board start drowning. Then someone jumped in and saved the other eight. Whereas due to failure in saving two of them, those youth die due to drowning.
The deceased have been identified as 20-year-old Bittu Kumar, resident of Pachbhinda village of Taraiya police station area, while 18-year-old Suraj Kumar. At the same time, another youth is said to be missing, who is being searched by local fishermen. However, the bodies of the two deceased youths were recovered from the pond within half an hour of the incident. There was an outcry as soon as the dead body was found. Both the deceased youths had come to Chhath Ghat to offer Argh to their mother.
As soon as the information about the incident was received, the police of local Taraiya police station reached the spot. However, there is anger among the local villagers due to the delay in the arrival of the ambulance after the dead body was found, due to which complaints have been received of scuffles with the police and the ambulance driver.
