Overview
- Two students left the IIT Guwahati campus for a riverside outing at Lathia Bagicha Ghat and accidentally slipped into the Brahmaputra on Saturday evening, with one student rescued within about 10 minutes and the other lost to the river.
- State and national disaster teams including SDRF and NDRF divers launched a search and recovery operation and recovered the deceased student’s body roughly three hours after the fall.
- IIT Guwahati issued a condolence statement identifying the deceased as a third-year BTech student and offering support to the bereaved family.
- Police have opened a formal investigation into the circumstances of the incident and authorities continue to gather witness accounts and operational details from the rescue teams.
- The Brahmaputra is fast flowing with shifting banks, and the incident has sharpened campus concern about riverside safety and may prompt reviews of student access and safety measures near the river.