India News | Man, 2 Kids Drown in Jharkhand Dam

Dumka (Jharkhand), Jun 23 (PTI) Three members of a family including two minors drowned in Jharkhand's Masanjore dam on Friday, police said.

The deceased included 33-year-old Ranjit Pujhar, his six-year-old daughter Simpy and four-year-old son Arun (4), all residents of Dhajapada village in Dumka district. They belonged to the primitive "Pahariya" tribe, police added.

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While the body of Simpy was recovered by local divers, search was on for the other two.

Dumka SP Amber Lakra told PTI that a NDRF team from Deoghar district was being called for the search operation.

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The SP said it was yet to be ascertained how the three drowned.

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