Latehar, Oct 26 Two persons drowned while bathing in a waterfall in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, police said on Monday.
The incident happened on Sunday at the Datam-Patam waterfall located within Herhanj police station limits. The deceased have been identified as Md Aakib Kureshi (20), a resident of Balumath police station limits, and Md Asif (18) of Palamu district, the police said.
“The bodies of both victims were recovered on Monday with the help of the NDRF team and are being sent for post-mortem examination at Sadar Hospital, Latehar,” Herhanj police station officer-in-charge Satyendra Kumar said.
An unnatural death case will be lodged in this regard based on the statements of the bereaved families, he said.
(PTI News)
