BODY FOUND NEAR BRICK KILN

BODY FOUND NEAR BRICK KILN

12-AUG-ENG 6

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA----------------------The body of an elderly man who drowned in flood water between Bilauti and Nargada villages of Shahpur police station area of Bhojpur district was recovered on the sixth day. His body was recovered on Monday morning near the brick kiln located between Nargada and Makdumpur villages of the police station area. According to the information, the deceased is 70-year-old Byas Yadav alias Byas Muni Yadav, son of late Chhatthu Yadav, resident of Bilauti village of Shahpur police station area. He was a farmer.

The nephew of the deceased, Jhuna Kumar, told that on Wednesday evening he had gone to graze buffaloes, when he drowned in the flood water. After getting the information, the family was searching for his body for five consecutive days. But there was no success. On Monday morning, his body was found near the brick kiln located between Nargada and Makdumpur villages. The family took the body out of the water with the help of local villagers. The police took the body into their custody and got the postmortem done in Sadar Hospital.

It is said that the deceased was third among his four brothers and three sisters. His family includes his wife Ramavati Devi and two daughters Leela Devi, Sheesham Devi and a son Sunil Kumar Yadav. After the incident, the deceased's wife Ramavati Devi and all the family members are inconsolable.