An employee of the Inland Water Transport (IWT) at North Guwahati drowned to death in...
Digital Desk: An employee of the Inland Water Transport (IWT) at North Guwahati drowned to death in the Brahmaputra River after he slipped while jumping from one ferry streamer to another.
According to initial reports, the on-duty Inland Water Transport employee attempted to jump from one moored ferry streamer to a different one that was getting ready to dock at the bank of Majgaon ferry ghat in North Guwahati after leaving from a ghat in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Fellow passengers attempted to rescue him when he fell into the Brahmaputra River but failed to trace him.
SDRF personnel later arrived on the spot and recovered the IWT employee's body.
The deceased IWT employee has been identified as Dhanjit Ignti.
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