Varanasi: A 55-year-old woman from Buxar (Bihar), rescued by fishermen from a hut in a flooded village in Ballia district, was reunited her with family on Tuesday.But before leaving for home, Sunaina of Kapurpatti village in Buxar, surprised everyone by claiming that she survived for 10 days consuming only Gangajal. Mother of five, Sunaina said she was praying in the morning after a dip in Ganga when she was swept 15km away from her home and stranded in Ballia.The fishermen, who alerted police regarding her presence near the Ganga bank, said they heard the woman chanting Shiv Mantras when their attention was drawn and they took her out of the flooded field.Haldi police station incharge Rajiv Rai said Sunaina spoke about her family and village in Buxar district, but she could not recall phone number of any of her family members. Police contacted some locals in Kapurpatti village of Buxar and her family was traced. They reached Ballia and took her back with them.On the other hand, Sunaina’s nephew Govind said on Wednesday that she left home 10 days ago to buy medicine and disappeared. After searching her at all possible places, they lodged a missing person case of with Buxar police. Govind said that their family was waiting to Sunaina’s condition to normalise to know what actually happened.
