Person from Malaysia fell into the river, the son jumped into the river to save his father, got swept away
A major accident happened with a young man who had come to Badrinath Dham from Malaysia. While bathing in Alaknanda, the young man's father fell into the river, to save him, the young man also jumped into Alaknanda. The SDRF personnel present on the spot rescued the person who fell into the river, but the son was swept away in the strong current. Search operation is on to find the young man.
According to the information, a family from Malaysia had come to Uttarakhand to visit Chardham. On Tuesday, this family had reached Badrinath Dham. Before the darshan, the family members went to take a bath in Alaknanda at Gandhi Ghat. During this, NRI person Suresh Shetty slipped and fell into the river. Seeing his father floating, his doctor son Balraj Shetty jumped into Alaknanda. During this, hearing the noise, SDRF and local police also reached the spot.
After a lot of effort, the SDRF took out the person who fell into Alaknanda safely from the river, but during this time his son was swept away in the strong current of Alaknanda river. Soon the son disappeared from sight in the strong current of Alaknanda. Even after a lot of searching, he could not be traced. The search operation is going on continuously by SDRF and local police.