Doctor dives into river to save child, both die | India News – Times of India

BHOPAL: A doctor dived into a river to save a 13-year-old drowning girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli on Sunday, but both sank into a watery grave. Police said the victims – Dr Harish Singh, who worked with Northern Coalfields Hospital, and Prerna – were in a group of 15-16 from five families in Singrauli town who had gone on a picnic on Sunday evening to Gopad riverbank in Langhadol region of Singrauli, 730km from Bhopal and close to the Uttar Pradesh border.
Prerna somehow slipped into a deep part of the river and began drowning.Dr Singh, who was at the bank, and Prerna’s father immediately dived in to rescue her. Family members and other picnickers watched in horror as the trio struggled in the water. They managed to pull out Prerna’s father but couldn’t reach either her or Singh.