Guwahati, 27 August (HS): An eighth-grade student, Priyam Deka, went missing after reportedly entering the Brahmaputra River at Pandu in Guwahati to bathe on Thursday. A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team has been conducting a search operation since morning to trace the missing student.

According to the family, Priyam had returned from school and gone out to play with his friends before the incident. His mother said that he had never entered the water before and did not know how to swim. The search operation remains underway, while the family waits anxiously on the riverbank.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Sriprakash