Teacher washed away while crossing rivulet

A 35-year-old primary school teacher was today washed away when she was crossing a rivulet along with a colleague during heavy rains in Amali village of Baran district, police said.

Anita Agarwal lost her balance and was washed away by a strong current, but her colleague Rehana managed to cross the 80 metre passage connecting two parallel roads, when they were going to school at 10 AM, police said.

Divers and rescue team were called from Baran district to search for the missing teacher, they said.

The rivulet merges into Parvati river which has been overflowing following torrential rains since Sunday.