Picnic turns fatal: Eight Jaipur men drown in Tonk's Banas river; 3 rescued
JAIPUR/BHILWARA: A picnic turned tragic on Tuesday afternoon when eight young men from Jaipur drowned while bathing in the Banas river near the old bridge in Tonk district. Three others were rescued by local residents.
Tonk SP Vikas Sangwan said the incident occurred at around 1.15 pm in Sadar police station area. A group of 11 friends and relatives had travelled from Jaipur in a hired SUV for a day trip and entered the river near the old Banas bridge. What appeared to be a shallow stretch of water proved fatal due to a deep depression in the riverbed.
"All the victims were from Jaipur's Hasanpura, Ghat Gate, and Panipech areas. It seems they assumed the water was shallow, but there is a sudden drop of nearly 15 feet along with a swampy patch that traps the feet," SP Sangwan said.
The deceased were identified as Azad Hussain, alias Ballu, 35; Naushad Khan, 35; his son Kashab Khan, 19; and nephew Farhan Khan, 18; Nawab Khan, 28; his brother Sajid Khan, 20; Rizwan, 29; and Qasim, 28.
Three members of the group — Shahrukh, Salman, and Sameer — were rescued. Locals who saw them struggling raised an alarm, and police, along with disaster management teams, rushed to the spot. Eight bodies were recovered from the river and sent to the district hospital for post-mortem.
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Sangwan said the area had visible warning signs cautioning people against entering the river, but these are often ignored. "This area has a deceptive landscape, and people underestimate the risks," he said.
Tonk police contacted their Jaipur counterparts to inform the families. The incident has left multiple families devastated.
"My brother Naushad left at around 1am with his brother-in-law Rizwan. He called in the morning to say they had reached Tonk. After that, we lost all contact," said Naushad's brother Dilshad.
The bodies were handed over to the families after post-mortem on Tuesday evening.
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