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Child drowns to death in Bimalanagar along the Indo-Bhutan border

18-month old girl child drowns to death in Bimalanagar village along the Indo-Bhutan border under Nagrijuli police

Sentinel Digital Desk

TAMULPUR: An 18-month old girl drowned to death in Bimalanagar village along the Indo-Bhutan border under Nagrijuli police outpost in Baksa. The deceased child has been identified as Sushmita Devnath, daughter of Ratan Devnath of Bimalanagar village of Baksa. At about 4.30 pm, when Sushmita went missing from her house, her family members searched for her. Later, she was found floating in a channel behind the house. On receiving information, Prafulla Chandra Boro, ASI of the outpost, rushed to the spot and recovered the body. Nagrijuli police made arrangements to send the body for post-mortem to Baksa district headquarter at Mushalpur.