Inspector Dharmendra Malviya of Tentara police station in Morena district said, “With the recovery of three more bodies from the Chambal river on Sunday, the death toll in the accident has risen to five.” The three bodies fished out from the river have been identified as Rukmani (24), Alopa Bai (45) and Rashmi (19). He said that the bodies of two people named Devkinandan (50) and Kallo Bai (45) Met on Saturday.
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He said that two persons Lavkush Singh (12) and Brajmohan (17) are still missing. The place where this accident took place in the Chambal river is adjacent to the border of Rajasthan. On the other hand, according to the information received from Jaipur, the bodies of these three women were removed from Chambal river in Mandrayal police station area of Karauli district of Rajasthan on Sunday. Karauli District Superintendent of Police Narayan Lal Togas said, “With the joint efforts of five teams from Madhya Pradesh and two teams from Rajasthan involved in the search operation for drowned people in the Chambal river, the bodies of three women were retrieved from the river on Sunday.” The search operation was called off on Sunday night. The search operation will be resumed on Monday morning.
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He said that the dead bodies have been handed over to the Madhya Pradesh administration for postmortem and further action. It may be known that seven people from a group of 17 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district drowned while crossing the Chambal river in Morena district on Saturday morning while going to a fair in a temple in Rajasthan. These people tried to cross the river on foot thinking that the water was shallow, but they were swept away by the strong current of water. Of these, 10 people swam to the safe shore.
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