Three High School Students drowned in River Brahmaputra in Chandrapur, Locals suspect Suicide

Guwahati: Awkward Incident in Chandrapur area, after two students of Jagi Road College and one student from Chandrapur High School, got drowned in the river Brahmaputra today afternoon.

As per reports, a group of five students identified as Ranjan Deka, Bharghav Deka, Trishna Kalita, Archana Deka and Dhrubojyoti Hazarika visited a popular picnic spot Topouban in Chandrapur today in school uniform and went missing after they had gone for a swim in the mighty Brahmaputra River.

Local people in the area suspected it to be a case of suicide; however, the exact cause of death has not been ascertained yet. On the other hand, Archana Deka and Dhrubojyoti Hazarika were reported safe and sound and expecting for the recovery of the bodies of their missing friends.

Both the SDRF and NDRF team launched a search operation to trace the bodies of the missing students.

Meanwhile, bodies of Ranjan Deka and Bhargav Deka have been recovered by the rescue teams of SDRF and NDRF.

Also, Read about Section 309 in the Indian Penal Code that lays down the punishment for attempted suicide

There have been appeals to remove the section from different sources. In the Gian Kaur Case in 1996, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India had ruled that section 309 was not violative of article 21 of the constitution of India. The law commission of India had also recommended removal of the section from the statute. A bill in this regard was introduced in the parliament but was not made into law. The Supreme court in 2011 recommended to Parliament to consider the feasibility of deleting this section from the statute. Even though the section has not been removed, the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the rules under the act have effectively decriminalized attempted suicide with effect from July 2018.

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