Assam Boat Tragedy Death Count Rises To 3 As Body Of Last Missing Person Found
NDTV
A private boat with 92 on board capsized and sank in the Brahmaputra on September 8 evening, following a head-on collision with a government-owned ferry steamer near Assam's Nimati Ghat.
The body of the last missing person in the boat tragedy was recovered from the Brahmaputra river in Assam on Tuesday, a week after the accident, raising the death count to three, an official said.
The body of Bikramjit Barua, a doctor by profession, was found about 30 kilometres downstream from the accident site, Nimati Ghat in Jorhat district, Deputy Commissioner Ashok Barman said.
His bag was recovered from the river bank further downstream.
"The body has been officially identified. We don't have any more person missing in the accident," Mr Barman said.
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