MARGAO
In a tragic incident, a 56-year old woman from Cota-Fatorpa Florina D’Souza reportedly drowned while she was heading into the fields at Naqueri Betul on Wednesday morning.
Cuncolim police station in-charge, PI Tukaram Chawan informed that Florina along with another woman Rosalina Simoes, a resident of Naqueri, were heading to the fields when they were washed away while crossing a water body.
PI Chawan informed that while Rosalina managed to come out of the water after she caught hold of a tree branch, Florina was washed away by the water current.
Services of the Fire brigade were requisitioned in the rescue mission. The fire brigade deployed a rescue boat in the evening, but Rosalina could not be traced till late evening.
PI Chawan informed that divers are expected to join the rescue mission on Thursday morning.
