Abinash Sarkar remains untraced, CM meets parents of missing child; directs to intensify search operation

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 6, 2024

The 8-year-old boy, Abinash Sarkar, who fell into an open drain in the Jytinagar area of the city and was swept away by the raging floodwaters, remained untraced for the third day on Saturday.

Abinash Sarkar is the son of Harilal Sarkar, a resident of Shyamnagar in Bhawanipur of Noonmati area of Guwahati.

The boy was travelling with his father in a Scooty at the time of the incident. There was a traffic jam in the area at the time of the incident.

Due to the traffic jam, his fgather took a shortcut route, which was also flooded upto the neck. The Scooty suddenly slipped and the boy fell into the drain, which was open and not covered.

The SDRF personnel continued their operation to rescue the boy, but all of their attempts were in vain.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday visited Jyotinagar area and met the parents of Abinash Sarkar. Sarma extended his deepest condolences to the bereaved family.

The Chief Minister also visited the incident site and took stock of the ongoing search operation.

He directed the concerned departments and search teams to intensify their operation to locate the child.

Later Sarma said that NDRF and SDRF teams have conducted several rounds of search operations so far to locate the missing child.

He said the teams have been directed to conduct a search operation from the incident site to the sluice gate of Bharalu river.

Guwahati Mayor Mrigen Sarania, Special DGP Harmeet Singh, City Police Commissioner Diganta Bora, District Commissioner Sumit Sattawan and several other senior officials were present during the visit of the Chief Minister.