Two students die in boat capsize
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 15 2011:
Two students were drowned when a boat capsized in the water of a canal of the Khuga Dam today around 10 am.
The deceased students were identified as Balshanglian (18) son of Goukelpou of Bungmaul village and Jathang (21) son A Dongjalan of New Lamka.
Balshanglian was a student of Class-XII at the Reverend College, Churachandpur and Jathang was studying BA Ist year at Churachandpur College.
They died as their wooden boat capsized in the canal.
Churachandpur police retrieved the dead bodies and after postmortem, the bodies were handed over to their respective families who performed their last rites today afternoon.
In another unrelated incident, a mason was electrocuted when a live current passed through him while he was carrying out a welding work in a house located opposite to Reverend College, Churachandpur today around 10 am.
The deceased mason was identified as Khangneikhang (35) son of Jinkhomang of Bungmaul village of Churachandpur.