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Bengal: Flood claims three lives in Malda as Ganga remains above extreme danger mark

Siliguri, Sep 13 (UNI) The death toll in the Malda floods has risen to three as the Ganga continued to flow above the extreme danger mark, while Bhutni Diara remained one of the worst-affected areas of the district, with 30,000 families still marooned and 2.5 lakh people affected, authorities said on Sunday.
A five-year-old boy, Samiur Rahaman, drowned at Uttar Chandipur in Bhutni Diara under Manikchak block on Saturday evening.
The child was reportedly playing on the roof of his flooded house when he suddenly fell into the swirling floodwater. Family members and neighbours noticed the incident and launched a search but failed to trace him immediately.
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