Missing 3 Days While Fishing, Nganjuk Man Found Dead Drowning

Illustration of drowning (ANTARA)

After searching for three days after missing while fishing, the joint SAR team consisting of the Trenggalek Basarnas, Nganjuk BPBD, and volunteers finally found One Widya Putra, a resident of Kedungdowo Village, Nganjuk Regency on Thursday, February 29. The victim's body was found lifeless, caught in a tree on the edge of the Petak River located in Wilangan District, Nganjuk Regency, East Java, or 13 kilometers from the point of the disaster incident (TKM). The victim's body was then evacuated by a joint officer to be taken to Bhayangkara Nganjuk Hospital for a post-mortem. Commander of the Trenggalek Basarnas team Andris Dwi Prasetyo said, after a three-day search was carried out, the victim's body was finally found by a joint officer stuck in a tree on the riverbank.

"So during this search process, joint officers managed to find the bodies of victims in the Petak river, or 13 kilometers from TKM. During the search process, there were heavy river currents, a lot of rocks and a lot of garbage," said Andris Dwi Prasetyo, Thursday, February 29. Previously, One Widya Putra was reported missing when he was swept away by the river while fishing in a river not far from his father-in-law's house. The incident occurred on Sunday, February 25.