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Tragedy Strikes: Three Young Cousins Drown in Jamtara Pond
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News18•29-09-2026, 17:00
Tragedy Strikes: Three Young Cousins Drown in Jamtara Pond
- •Three young cousins, aged between 5 and 7, drowned in a pond in Chengayadih village, Jamtara district, Jharkhand.
- •The deceased were identified as Ariyan Ansari, Nasir Ansari, and Amar Sohail.
- •The boys were playing and ventured towards a pond about 500 meters from their home, where they accidentally fell in.
- •Local divers recovered the bodies from the pond.
- •Families declined post-mortem examinations, and police handed over the bodies without autopsies.
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Three boys who were related as cousins tragically drowned in a pond located in Chengayadih village within Jharkhand's Jamtara district.
The deceased children were identified as Ariyan Ansari, Nasir Ansari, and Amar Sohail, who were cousins aged between 5 and 7 years old.
No, the police handed the bodies directly over to the respective families without conducting post-mortem examinations because the families strongly refused autopsies.
