{"id":133703,"date":"2025-01-12T18:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=133703"},"modified":"2025-01-12T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:10:42","slug":"tragic-loss-in-nagaland-i-heartbreaking-drowning-of-three-brave-youths-in-dikhu-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=133703","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Loss in Nagaland I Heartbreaking Drowning of Three Brave Youths in Dikhu River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133532\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/New-Logo-Smal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">A tragic incident unfolded on Saturday afternoon when three youths drowned in the Dikhu River near the <a href=\"http:\/\/Longleng-Changtongya bridge\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">Longleng-Changtongya bridge<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. The victims, aged between 19 and 22, were part of a picnic group from PWD Ward in Changtongya town, Mokokchung district.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133704\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Heartbreaking Drowning of Three Brave Youths in Dikhu River:\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250112-WA0012.jpg\" alt=\"Tragic Loss in Nagaland I\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250112-WA0012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250112-WA0012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250112-WA0012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250112-WA0012-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong> Heartbreaking Drowning of Three Brave Youths in Dikhu River:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">According to sources, the unfortunate event occurred around 12:30 pm when a makeshift boat they were using capsized during a rafting attempt. Despite nearby efforts to save them, the rapid current swept the trio away before rescuers could reach them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">By evening, local villagers were able to recover the bodies of the three victims, identified as Ajidong (21), Imtimeren (22), and Imnatila (19). Friends and family later held a funeral service in PWD Ward, Changtongya town, at 6:30 pm on the same day to mourn the tragic loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">In an unrelated incident, the Indian Red Cross Society, Nagaland State Branch, led by General Secretary Akhale V Khamo, continues to provide relief efforts for families affected by recent fire incidents in Dimapur.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic incident unfolded on Saturday afternoon when three youths drowned in the Dikhu River near the Longleng-Changtongya bridge. The victims, aged between 19 and 22, were part of a picnic group from PWD Ward in Changtongya town, Mokokchung district. According to sources, the unfortunate event occurred around 12:30 pm when a makeshift boat they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk:"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[39508,39507,39509],"class_list":["post-133703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-heartbreaking-drowning-of-three-brave","tag-tragic-loss-in-nagaland","tag-youths-in-dikhu-river"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}