Overview
- Police said the students went missing Saturday afternoon at Boulsol waterfall in Harangajao, Dima Hasao district, roughly 55–60 km from the NIT Silchar campus.
- Local residents reported that one woman slipped into the water and two classmates fell while trying to help her, though these details remain unconfirmed by authorities.
- State Disaster Response Force units deployed from Haflong and Silchar have reached the location to support the ongoing search.
- An NIT Silchar team led by the dean of students’ welfare arrived at the site, and the institute has notified families, with some relatives expected to travel to the area on Sunday.
- The missing students are first-year Computer Science and Engineering students—two women and one man—with one from Bihar and two from Uttar Pradesh, according to institute records.