Odisha: Two teenagers drowned while taking a bath in Bahuda River in Ganjam district. This tragic incident took place at Sundarada village on Thursday, January 22, 2026 afternoon. Victims identified as s Saswat Patra (13) a class 7 student, and Biswas Pradhan (12), who was studying in class 6.
According to PTI reports, victims, along with some of their friends, went to Bahuda River this afternoon. Pradhan first went to the river to take a bath and was drowning, following which Patra tried to rescue him and was also swept away. After a search, both were rescued and taken to Bomakai hospital, then transferred to MKCG Medical College and Hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead.
In Pune a 52-year-old woman died after reportedly drowning in an underground water tank at a residential society in Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad on Friday. The deceased, identified as Asha Sanjay Gawli, was a resident of Durga Residency in Mohan Nagar, Chinchwad. According to preliminary reports, she accidentally fell into the drinking water tank while filling water in the morning.
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Residents immediately alerted the authorities, and police teams rushed to the spot. The body was later sent to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital in Pimpri for a post-mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death.