Two including a girl drown
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 05 2011:
Two persons including a woman died in different drowning incidents which occurred since yesterday.
A girl who went to fetch water from a pond was found drowned in the pond early this morning.
The deceased has been identified as one Loitongbam Bala (24), d/o L Ingobi of Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai.
It has been reported that the deceased went out early in the morning to fetch water from the local pond in Konjeng Leikai.
Later she was found by the locals floating in the pond with her face down.
In another unrelated incident a handyman of a truck (NL09A/3934) who drowned in the Jiri river yesterday and was untraceable has been found dead at around 2 pm this evening.
The deceased has been identified as one Alimboi Tangkhul (20), s/o Romeo Tangkhul of Ukhrul.
He was found at a distance of 100 mts from the spot where he drowned.