GUWAHATI: In yet another shocking incident, a youth went missing in River Brahmaputra on August 8, 2023.
The incident occurred at around 2:30 PM when a 23-year-old male jumped off from the new Saraighat bridge.
To address the situation, search, and rescue operations were promptly initiated. Both the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team and the Pandu River Operations (OP) team have been engaged in extensive search efforts.
Speaking to G Plus, a Jalukbari police official said, "Significant progress has been made in the search efforts, with the Pandu River OP team managing to recover a bag believed to have belonged to the person who jumped off from the new Saraighat bridge."
"Upon inspection of the bag, it was revealed that the contents included educational qualification documents," the official added.
The documents have identified the individual as Khanjay Kumar Das hailing from Metuakuchi.
Further investigation is underway.