Chatra, Apr 19 (PTI) A 35-year-old woman and her two daughters drowned in a pond in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Sunday, officials said.
The incident happened around 4 pm in Bojaya village in the Sadar police station area, when Parva Devi, along with her two daughters, had gone to the pond to wash clothes, they said.
“Her younger daughter slipped and drowned in deep water. Subsequently, the woman, along with her elder daughter, attempted to rescue her, but they also drowned,” Awadhesh Kumar, the officer in charge of Sadar police station, told PTI.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination at the Sadar Hospital, he said.
Chatra Sub-Divisional Officer Md Zahur Alam said that under the District Disaster Relief Fund (DDRF), Rs 4 lakh will be
given to the family for each deceased. PTI CORR RPS RPS SOM
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