A Class 10 student drowned while bathing in Jagannath Dighi, a well-known pond in Udaipur town, located in Tripura’s Gomati district. This unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, as confirmed by local police. The community is now grappling with the loss and the implications of safety in public water bodies.
Following the incident, personnel from the administration and Fire and Emergency Services reached the spot and launched a search operation. Following the incident, teams from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Civil QRT Ramban reached the spot and launched a search and rescue operation. The deceased was identified as Debjit De. He reportedly went missing after suddenly getting submerged in the water. After a prolonged search, rescuers recovered Debjit’s body from the pond. He was subsequently taken to Gomati District Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Police have initiated an investigation to ascertain the exact circumstances surrounding the student’s death. The incident has cast a pall of gloom over Udaipur, with Debjit’s death leaving his family, classmates and the local community shocked. More details are awaited. The youth was identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Tangar village in Ramban district, as per officials.
Debjit had gone to Jagannath Dighi with five of his classmates and entered the pond to bathe at around 3 pm, according to preliminary information. In a separate incident on September 1, a 19-year-old college student drowned in the Chenab River while taking a bath near the riverbank in the Maitra area of Ramban district, officials said. Similarly, last month, the bodies of two 16-year-old students who drowned while swimming in the Pabbar River in Himachal Pradesh’s Rohru subdivision were recovered following a joint search and rescue operation involving local residents, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police and the local administration, officials said. (ANI)
Kumar was reportedly taking a bath near the Chenab River when he drowned, according to officials.
