Tragedy on Vijaya Dashami - 2 youths drown
In a tragic incident, today, 2 youths namely Rajiv Rajkumar aged 28 years and Hemanta Tantadai aged 23 years were drown while immersing the idol of Goddess Duraga in Doigrong river in Golaghat district. Till the time of sending this report the bodies are not recovered yet and necessary search operation is going on to find their bodies.
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