Youth drowns during post-death ritual in Himachal

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A 20-year-old man was drowned in the Beas in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district when he accidentally slipped into the river during a post-death ritual, police said on Saturday.

Gurmeet Singh, resident of Paral village in Indora, drowned at Rayali Manjheer panchayat in Nurpur on Friday afternoon, they said.

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Singh had come to his relative's house for 'rasam uthala', a post-death ceremony, when he accidentally slipped into the river and drowned, Panchayat Pradhan Ramesh Kumar said. The body was recovered by locals after hours of efforts, he added.

A case has been registered and investigations are under way. The body has been sent for post-mortem, police said.