GUWAHATI: A bag having several documents and identity cards was recovered from the Brahmaputra river in Rangchali area in Biswanath district on Monday.
Local residents suspected that the bag belongs to a person Madan Pegu of Dhakuakhana for the fact that many documents have been found from the bag in his name.
As per reports, the registration card of a bike which is in the name of a person Samed Ali was also recovered from the bag. It is being suspected that the bag belongs to any victim of the recent Nimati Ghat ferry tragedy. Police have taken the bag under custody and are looking in the river if anything more can be found.
It may be mentioned that a dead body of a woman was found on the bank of the Brahmaputra in Devisinghi Ghat in Tezpur on Sunday. The deceased woman, whose age was about 25 to 30 years, is suspected to be a victim of the Nimati Ghat boat tragedy which had taken place last week.
The woman's identification could not be done, as per last reports available. Meanwhile, six persons were arrested on Saturday regarding the ferry mishap after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the Jorhat police to register criminal cases against people who are found responsible for the tragic incident. A dead body of a man, who was also a victim of the ferry tragedy, was found on September 11 (Saturday). Indreswar Borah of Lakhimpur was cremated in the premises of his house on the same day. He was a resident of Pahumora Kanduwa Pothar (Madhavpur) Village within Lakhimpur district.
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