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East Champaran Tragedy: 9 Drown, Including 5 Girls and 3 Youths, in Multiple Incidents.
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News18•02-10-2026, 23:41
East Champaran Tragedy: 9 Drown, Including 5 Girls and 3 Youths, in Multiple Incidents.
- •Nine people, including five girls and three youths, drowned in East Champaran in a single day.
- •Five girls drowned together in Paharpur, leaving the community in shock.
- •Three youths drowned in Banjaria after going for a bath in deep water following a birthday party.
- •Banjaria CO Krishna Pratap Singh confirmed that Yash Kumar, Shakeel Ansari, and Sameer Diwan drowned near the Chhath Ghat.
- •A woman drowned in Ghorasahan while bathing during the Jitiya festival.
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A total of nine people, including five girls, three youths, and a woman, died from drowning in different places across East Champaran in a single day.
Three youths from Chailaha went to bathe near the Chhath Ghat by the Khandwa Canal after celebrating a birthday party and drowned after jumping into water without gauging its depth.
The woman in Ghorasahan tragically drowned while taking a bath during Jitiya.
