Overview

• On June 10, a group of 11 friends from Jaipur picnicked at the Banas River in Tonk district and entered the water to bathe, where they were caught in a sudden strong current.
• Tonk Police and SDRF teams recovered all eight bodies and confirmed the victims were males aged 25 to 35, before transferring them to Saadat Hospital for identification.
• Three other group members were rescued by local residents and are receiving treatment at Sahadat Government Hospital.
• Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma directed immediate rescue and relief operations and offered condolences, while former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged the government to enforce preventive safety measures at river sites.
• This incident is Rajasthan’s third drowning tragedy in three days, bringing the state’s total river death toll to 14.