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Delhi rerun as 3 drown after flood water enters basement

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August 02, 2024

AT least three people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed as the basement of their house in Vishwakarma area of Jaipur was flooded on Thursday after heavy rain pounded the Rajasthan capital, officials said.

- RAJESH ASNANI

The incident happened days after three civil services aspirants died in Delhi when rainwater gushed into the basement their coaching institute.

The bodies of Kamal Shah (23), Pooja Saini (19) and her niece Purvi Saini were recovered from the flooded Jaipur house by SDRF during a rescue operation that lasted several hours.

"Kamal Shah managed to get his parents and wife out of the basement.

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