Ramkumar Yadav, Surguja. A tragic accident took place in the river at Mendra in Ambikapur on Sunday. Here a student of the medical college died due to drowning. This accident happened when four friends studying in medical college had gone to take a bath in the river. SDRF team reached the spot after receiving information about the incident and recovered the body. The police have established a route and started investigation.
According to the information, at around 10:30 in the morning all the students were bathing in the river, when Ishu Chandrakar moved towards deep water and drowned. After the incident, SDRF team and local villagers immediately started the rescue operation. After several hours of search, the SDRF team recovered the body of Ishu Chandrakar from the river.
Police team was also present on the spot and investigation is going on. It is being told that since it was Sunday holiday, the students of the medical college had gone to take bath in the river. There is an atmosphere of mourning among Ishu Chandrakar’s family and friends due to his demise. The deceased student has been identified as Ishu Chandrakar, resident of Kawardha. At present, the police has sent the body for post-mortem.