Dibrugarh: The body of the missing student was recovered from Jonai’s Simen River in Assam’s Dhemaji district on Monday.
The student has been identified as Ajitej Hazarika of Dibrugarh.
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According to reports, his body was found floating on the river on Monday after 72 hours of being missing.
According to reports, he went to Murkongselek with a group of six friends from Dibrugarh on the train and while taking a selfie he fell on the Simen River and drowned.
Ajitej was a Class-11 standard student of Gyan Vigyan School in Dibrugarh. He climbed onto a rock to take a selfie and accidentally slipped into the river.
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Despite a friend’s immediate attempt to rescue him, they were unable to pull him to safety.
The local police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel swiftly initiated a search operation but efforts were halted due to darkness on Friday evening.