Boko, Sept 24: A tragic incident has cast a pall of gloom over Chhaygaon’s Rihabari area as two school students reportedly drowned in the Kharkhari river, with their bodies recovered separately after two days of frantic search operations.

According to local allegations, the shocking incident occurred owing to the negligence on the part of the school authorities. The victims were students of a private institution, Sacred Vineyard Bereand Academy, located at Rihabari in Chhaygaon.

Reports said that the boys went missing two days ago (last Sunday) after they went to bathe in the Kharkhari river from their hostel. Their disappearance created tension among their parents and the locals until the tragic recovery of their mortal remains.

The first body, identified as that of Surjyoraj Das, a C

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