Guwahati: Three minor boys drown in the Brahmaputra river, one still missing

GUWAHATI: Three minor boys drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati while another is still missing.
The four youths have been identified as Dayal Sheikh, Jit Das, Deep Sarkar and Abinash Das. They were students of class X.
RK Hazarika, officer in-charge of Pandu river police, said the bodies of Dayal, Jit and Deep have been found. “A rescue operation was carried out by the teams of SDRF and river police. The search operation has been called off due to darkness. The rescue operation for the missing boy will resume on Monday morning. Police have recovered school bags, their clothes and mobile phones on the bank of the river,” he added.
The youths went to take a dip in the river at Pandu around 8am after finishing tuition class at Kamakhya gate area.
Sankar Das, father of Jit Das, said, “I got a call around 10.30am from a local resident. The person called me using my son’s mobile phone which was on the bank of the river. He said the youths were missing for a long time but their belongings were there on the bank.”
The locals alleged that the authorities concerned have not installed any signage board at the place despite repeated appeals. “Several similar incidents took place earlier at this same place. Unfortunately, we have not seen any signage boards here. The river police outpost is just a few kilometres ahead but we don’t see any river police patrolling here,” one of the residents said.