Woman falls into river, SDRF finds body in 55 minutes

Gorakhpur: A woman fell in Rapti river and drowned while talking on phone at Sohgaura bridge on Thursday evening. Later, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team of Gorakhpur swung into action and retrieved her body within an hour.
As per report, 22-year-old Shivani Nishad, daughter of Awdhesh Nishad of Gagha area, was on a call at Sohgaura bridge around 8 pm on Thursday when she accidentally fell in Rapti river and drowned. The passersby, on hearing the sound of a loud splash, informed police.
On Friday morning, the villagers tried to retrieve the body with the help of a net but to no avail.
Finally, a 12-member SDRF team led by Nitish Shukla retrieved the body in 55 minutes and handed it over to inspector GN Singh.
The grandmother of the deceased was present during the operation, informed Lucknow SDRF media cell in charge.