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Teenager missing in Dhansiri

A pall of gloom descends in Golaghat when a teen ager is feared to have met watery grave in the river Dhansiri on Monday. Local residents in Janpara told Assam Times that the tragic incidnt took place when the victim Babu Das along with three others were swimming in the river. Suddenly Babu went missing in the strong current of the river water. Local residents and SDRF  personnel, deep diver from Tezpur have been deployed in the rescue operation. But of no avail.

 

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