Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- In a tragic incident, two young children drowned in the Ulhas river near Mumbai during Chhath Puja celebrations in Maharashtra's Thane district, police confirmed today.
The tragedy occurred on Monday evening at Raite on the Kalyan-Murbad Road, where several migrant families from Kalyan city had gathered on the riverbank to perform the traditional rituals.
According to eyewitnesses, the families were engrossed in the rituals when the two children quietly moved away and entered the river to swim. The children are believed to have slipped into deeper waters and disappeared before anyone could rescue them.
As panic spread among the devotees, the fire brigade was immediately alerted. Rescue teams arrived with boats and bega...