2 Die as Car Falls into Canal in Karnal

Police say the first body was found several meters ahead of the spot and divers found the second one inside the car

- HT Correspondent

KARNAL: A day after a car fell into Western Jamuna Canal (WJC) near Dhanoura Jagir village of Karnal, the divers and police, on Saturday, recovered bodies of two men and a car from the canal.

The deceased were identified as Sandeep Diwan alias Kala and Dalbir Kumar, both natives of Yamunanagar district.

Police said that the incident happened under the jurisdiction of Indri sub-division on the Karnal-Yamunanagar border on Friday night.

Jagir Singh, sarpanch of Dhanoura Jagir village said that according to eyewitnesses, the incident took place at around 9:30 pm, when the men were traveling back to their home in an Innova after celebrating Holi and it fell into the canal.

The sarpanch said that after he received information of the incident, police and divers were called at the spot and operations were halted around 2 am due to high flow of water.

On Saturday morning, the rescue operation resumed with the help of more equipment and soon after, Sandeep's body was found.

Later, after nearly six hours, with the help of at least five professional divers and a team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the car was found and pulled out. Dalbir's body was found in the car when it was pulled out of the canal.