Two youths die of drowning in separate incidents in North Gujarat

Sabarkantha: In two heart-wrenching incidents over the past 24 hours, two young men lost their lives in separate drowning cases in North Gujarat.

The first incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at Saptashwar near Idar, where 23-year-old Nilesh Devjibhai Parmar from Katosan (Rajpura) village in Detroj taluka of Mehsana district drowned while visiting the Sabarmati River check dam. Despite a seven-hour-long search operation by fire brigades from Idar and Himatnagar, as well as local villagers, his body could not be found that day.

The search resumed early Monday morning with assistance from 40 personnel from the fire brigades of Himatnagar, Idar, Vijapur, and the SDRF. After 12 hours of continuous efforts, Nilesh’s body was finally recovered around 10 a.m. His body was sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway.

In another tragic incident on Monday, 18-year-old Alpesh Menat from Od village near Palla in Bhiloda taluka (Aravalli district) drowned near a waterfall in Kanadar village of Vijaynagar taluka while attempting to take a selfie. Alpesh had visited the Dhartimata temple, located in a hilly forest area, along with friends. While returning, he climbed a scenic waterfall behind the temple to click a selfie, but slipped on a moss-covered rock and fell into the flowing stream. He died on the spot. DeshGujarat