Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 2: The body of the circle officer who had been missing after the boat tragedy in Brahmaputra river in Dhubri district of Assam has been recovered on Sunday.
The body of the circle officer, identified as Sanju Das, was recovered near the incident spot.
Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, Superintendent of Police of Dhubri district told ANI that the recovered body has been identified as the missing Circle Officer Sanju Das. “The body was recovered by the search and rescue teams on Sunday morning,” said SP Dilip.
Notably, a mechanised country boat carrying 29 passengers was overturned in Brahmaputra river after hitting a post of a bridge at Bhashanir in Assam’s Dhubri district along Indo-Bangladesh border on September 29.
Following the incident, the search and rescue teams of SDRF, BSF, and Police with the help of locals rescued 28 persons, but the Circle Officer of Dhubri went missing.
The incident took place after the boat lost control due to the strong currents of the river. Following the incident, relentless search and rescue operations were conducted by the SDRF to trace the missing persons.
According to sources, the engineer employed at L&T Company prevented Circle Officer Sanju Das from crossing the bridge due to which he had to take the boat.
