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Student drowns at Longa River in Kokrajhar district

The body of an 18-year-old college student who drowned at Longa River under Dotma police station in Kokrajhar district

Sentinel Digital Desk

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KOKRAJHAR: The body of an 18-year-old college student who drowned at Longa River under Dotma police station in Kokrajhar district on Saturday evening was recovered on Sunday afternoon by the SDRF team. The deceased Pankash Brahma was a student of Hotel Management in Goa.

A team from SDRF and police carried out a search operation since early morning hours and recovered the body at around 3 pm. The body has been sent for postmortem. Officer incharge of Dotma police station B. Ramchiary said the search operation was carried out since morning hours and the SDRF personnel managed to fished out the body in the afternoon hours. The deceased youth was a resident of Kamalsing village of Gossaigaon sub division. According to reports, he went to the Longa River to take bath.