Boy goes missing in Kharkai river

Jamshedpur: A 10-year-old boy, Suraj Parmanik, is feared to have drowned in the Kharkhai river on Saturday after he dived into it for bath. Following cyclone Yaas, the water level in the river has risen and was flowing above the danger mark on Friday. Suraj and his friend Gopal Kumar dived together but the latter escaped narrowly. The incident occurred at Sati ghat in Kadma, police said. Health minister Banna Gupta, who is also a local MLA, has directed the district administration to trace the boy.
Suraj’s father Baldev Parmanik said the boys had gone to the river for bath but his son got swept away in the current while Gopal was rescued by four people on the bank. The NDRF team was pressed but the boy wasn’t found till the time of filing this report. Kadma police station in-charge, Manoj Thakur, said search operation is underway.