Ranchi Mar 25 PTI Members of the opposition BJP on Friday created a ruckus in Jharkhand Assembly over a cargo vessel mishap in Sahibganj the day before and demanded a CBI probe into the incident alleging that it occurred during illegal transportation of stone chips to BiharAt least three persons were reported missing as six trucks on board a cargo vessel which was on its way to Katihar in Bihar fell into the Ganga in Sahibganj according to officialsProceedings in the Assembly had to be adjourned twice first till 12 pm and then till 2 pm amid uproar by BJP-led MLAs in the well of the House seeking a probe by the central agency into Thursdays incident and compensation for families of those who died in the accidentThe saffron party also demanded suspension of Sahibganj deputy commissioner DC and the superintendent of police SP alleging that the transportation was being done under their patronageParliamentary affairs minister Alamgir Alam however told the Assembly that no casualty had been reported thus farAdministrations of both the states - Jharkhand and Bihar -- are jointly carrying out search operations Divers from the two states have been pressed into service to trace the missing people Alam saidA four-member committee has been set up to probe the allegation of illegal transportationEarlier during the question hour BJP leader and former CM Babulal Marandi said In July 2021 I wrote to the chief ministers of Jharkhand and Bihar informing them about the illegal transportation of stone chips via Ganga Apart from authorised ferry ghats banks there are also some illegal ghats operating on the routeI demand a CBI probe into the matter and the suspension of Sahibganj DC and the SP as they too are involved in the illegal practice Godda legislator Pradip Yadav who joined the Congress after the JVM P split said that government should take cognizance of it and a fair investigation should be conducted into the incident PTI SAN NAM RMS RMS

Nagpur Nov 27 PTI A 23-year-old man drowned in the Kanhan river in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Saturday evening and two others- all staffers of an organisation that manages the Swaminarayan temple here- went missing police said Divers have managed to fish out the body of Prashant Patel while Abhishek Chauhan 21 and Harikrishna Limbachiya 28 are missing a police official said They are staffers of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan BAPS Sanstha which manages the Swaminarayan Temple at Nagpur the official said A group of ten staffers of the BAPS Sanstha had gone for a picnic at Swaminarayan gaushala cow shed at Valna village around 4 pm Subsequently they entered the backwaters of the dam for a swim However Prashant Patel Abhishek Chauhan and Harikrishna Limbachiya slipped and were swept away the official said He said villagers and staff at the cow shed alerted the police While the body of Prashant Patel was fished out with the help of local divers Abhishek and Harikrishna remain missing the Mouda police station official said adding that a case of accidental death was registered PTI COR NSK NSK