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Malegaon Tragedy: Father and Sons Drown While Watering Sheep, Three Family Members Lost
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News18•04-10-2026, 19:24
Malegaon Tragedy: Father and Sons Drown While Watering Sheep, Three Family Members Lost
- •Three members of the same family drowned in Kajwade dam in Malegaon taluka while watering their sheep.
- •The deceased are Babu Batha Goykar (54), Hari Babu Goykar (28), and Bhushan Raghunath Karner (13).
- •One person slipped and drowned, and his father and brother drowned while attempting to rescue him.
- •Due to drought, rivers and streams were dry, forcing them to take their sheep to the dam for water.
- •The incident has cast a pall of mourning over Kajwade village, and police are investigating.
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Three family members, including a father and his two sons who were shepherds, drowned while attempting to water their sheep at the Kajwade dam after rivers and streams dried up due to a lack of rain.
The victims who lost their lives in the tragic drowning incident are Babu Batha Goykar (54), Hari Babu Goykar (28), and Bhushan Raghunath Karner (13).
The tragedy began when one person slipped while watering sheep and started drowning due to misjudging the water depth, prompting the father and another brother to rush in to save him, which led to all three drowning.
