One Child Found Safe as Police Hunt for Father, Brother in Agra Canal

Overview

• Police are searching the Agra Canal near Deeg Fatehpur Billoch after reports that a man jumped in with his two sons, and officers found his motorcycle on the bridge.
• Officers identified the father as Bhagwat Dayal, a civil engineer on leave from a job in Ahmedabad who is from Asavati village in Palwal.
• One son was later found alive on the canal bank about five kilometers away, and teams are still looking for the father and the other child.
• In a separate case on the same waterway, dental surgeon Sachin, 36, died by suicide near the Sector 17 bridge after a dispute with his wife, and the State Disaster Response Force recovered his body after a 20‑hour search.
• SDRF and local responders are combing the fast‑moving canal with boats and bankside sweeps, a method needed on channels like this that can carry people and debris many kilometers from where they enter the water.