Amit Pandey, Khairagarh. A tragic incident has happened during a picnic in the district. A young man who had gone for a picnic with his friends died after drowning in the Amner river. This incident happened on Saturday when 20-year-old Piyush Arya went to take a bath in the river with his four friends. As soon as the information about the incident was received, the police reached the spot and recovered the body of the young man. This incident happened at Kukrapat, a tourist spot located in the forest area under the Gatapar Jungle Police Station area.
According to the information, Piyush Arya, a resident of Civil Line, had reached the tourist spot Kukrapat on Lanji main road by car with his friends on Saturday. During this, Piyush went to take a bath in Amner river with his friends. Where at around 2:30 pm, Piyush drowned in the depth of the river. His friends tried their best to save him and requested for help from the people around but by then Piyush had disappeared in the river.
After the priest of Kukrapat temple got information about the incident, the Gatapar forest police was informed about it. After which the SDRF team was called to Kukrapat but the body of the youth could not be found. On receiving the information of the incident, Piyush’s family, neighbors and colleagues were present on the spot. The SDRF, Nagarsena and police personnel searched for the body of the youth drowned in the river throughout the night. After which the divers recovered Piyush’s body at around 6 am today.
It is being told that the Amner river flowing through Kukrapat is filled with deep water due to heavy rains these days. The priest of Kukrapat temple had forbidden the young men who had come for picnic from bathing in the river but they did not listen. Despite this, the priest had instructed that no one should go into water below the waist but the young men did not listen to the priest and a young man died after drowning in the deep Amner river.
After this incident, a wave of mourning has spread in the revered Sindhi community including Khairagarh Civil Line. Let us tell you that the deceased Piyush is the nephew of Khairagarh’s reputed businessman Vikas Arya. At present, the police have recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem and further investigation is going on.