Picnic turns tragic as two drown in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Two men drowned in a water body in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh on Sunday where they had gone for a picnic, police said. Ishar Mrinal (24) of Jharkhand and Amit Kumar (25) of Bihar were pursuing B Sc from Mewar University. While Mrinal was in the first year, Kumar was a second year student, they said.

The duo had gone for a picnic at a waterfall near Jharia Mahadev temple when they slipped into the deep end of a water body next to the waterfall and drowned, Parsoli Police Station in-charge Sanjay Kumar said. The officer said that the bodies have been kept at a government hospital in Chittorgarh for post mortem and the family members have been informed about the mishap.