An eight-year-old fell into a Jyotinagar stormwater drain in Guwahati, later found 4 km downstream in Rajgarh and identified at Gauhati Medical College
NEW DELHI: The body of an
eight-year-old boy
who had fallen into a
stormwater drain
in Guwahati on Thursday was recovered about 4 km downstream in the
Rajgarh area
,
police
said. The boy,
Abhinash Sarkar
, had slipped from his father's scooter during heavy rain and fell into the drain. His body was identified by his parents at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) after being retrieved on Sunday.
The police officer mentioned that the body was recovered by
rescue agencies
in the Rajgarh area, more than four km downstream from hilly Jyotinagar, where the incident occurred.
The parents initially identified the body based on photographs shared with them and later physically verified it at the GMCH morgue.
Abhinash Sarkar had been returning home with his father when he slipped from the scooter amid heavy rainfall and fell into the open drain. Multiple agencies, including the
National Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), launched a search operation with various machinery and sniffer dogs.
For the last three days, Abhinash's father also carried out a search operation by himself, wading through the drain, slush, and garbage with a stick in his hand. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the search site on Saturday, consoling the family and assuring all measures to find the missing boy.
"HCM Dr @himantabiswa has expressed his deepest condolences to Shri Hiralal Sarkar and family on their tragic loss. HCM also thanked the NDRF, SDRF, Assam Police, and District authorities for their search efforts," the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) tweeted.
Chief Minister Sarma condoled the death of the boy and expressed his deepest sympathies to the grieving family.
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