Two young men drowned in the Chausa canal, while a five-year-old boy met a similar fate in a pond. Another incident involved three individuals who slipped into the Sone river, resulting in one fatality and two missing persons.

NEW DELHI: Four people, including a five-year-old boy, drowned in separate incidents in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Thursday amid large crowds gathering at water bodies for Chhath festivities, according to police.
In the first incident, two residents of Pipra village, Ayush Kumar (18) and Abhishek Kumar (22), drowned in the Chausa canal, confirmed Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Bikramganj, Kumar Sanjay.
In another incident, Harsh Hari, Circle Officer of Tilauthu, reported that a five-year-old boy from Bhadokhara village drowned in a pond while being accompanied by his father, Kush Dubey.
The SDPO also reported that four individuals from Pipra village slipped into the deep waters of the Sone river. Divers rescued one individual, while the body of 32-year-old Pintu Yadav was recovered. The search continues for Dharmendra and Abhinav, who are the brother and nephew of the deceased.
In a separate incident from Khagaria, located around 400 km from Rohtas, a 22-year-old man was swept away by strong currents in the Kosi river. Shubham Pandey, SHO of Mansi police station, identified the missing individual as Gajendra Kumar, a resident of Bangalia village, and said search operations are underway.