3 including 2 woman drown in separate rivers, one incident in Khariya of Banaskantha

Palanpur/ Veralval: At least 3 people including two woman died owing to drowning in two separate incidents in Gujarat of which one took place in Khariya village of flood affected Banaskantha district where 17 of a family had tragically lost their lives after getting washed away during floods and heavy rains in July this year.

Police said that five woman had gone to take bath in river Banas near Khariya village under Tharad police station in Kankrej taluka of Banaskantha district this morning. Two of them somehow slipped in to deep water and drowned. Their bodies were later recovered.

In yet another incident 33 year old Bharatbhai R Solanki, a resident of Kodinar in Gir-somnath district had drowned in similar manner during bath in river Shingavado last evening. His body was fished out late evening.

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