Dhanbad : Two days after 16-year-old Sonakshi Kumari , who was swept away by the Damodar river on Friday while on a visit to her maternal grandparents’ house at Sudamdih village for Jitiya festival , her body was found near Sindri Basti , police said on Sunday.




Sonakshi, a resident of Ara in Bihar , had gone to the river to bathe with family members on the occasion of Nahai-Khai , which marks the beginning of the Jitiya festival. She was reportedly caught in the current and disappeared. Her maternal uncle jumped into the river to save her, but he too was caught in difficulty. Eye witnesses managed to pull him out to safety, police added.




A search was launched with divers and a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team. “The body has been recovered and sent to Shri Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem examination,” said Akrist Aman, the officer in-charge of the Sudamdih police station.