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January 27, 2025 04:24 PM IST
The incident occurred during fireworks as part of the ‘Bharat Mata Maha Aarti’ program organized on Sunday night for Republic Day.
Hyderabad city police are searching for an engineering student who went missing in Hussain Sagar lake here after a boat caught fire due to fireworks, police said on Monday.
Fireworks were displayed as part of the ‘Bharat Mata Maha Aarti’ program organized on Sunday night on the occasion of Republic Day.
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The accident occurred shortly after Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and Governor Jishnu Dev Varma left the venue after attending the event.
When the boat caught fire, Ajay was also in the boat with his friends. However, his friends are safe and Ajay is still unaccounted for, said a police officer.
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Ajay’s family members contacted the police and said that the student, who had gone to Hussain Sagar for the programme, did not return.
Police said on Sunday that after the ‘Bharat Mata Maha Aarti’ program, firecrackers were being burst from a boat in the lake and a firework rocket collided with the firecrackers kept in the boat, causing the fire.
He said one person suffered burn injuries and was taken to hospital. The program was organized by Bharat Mata Foundation.
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