May 03, 2026 06:34 am (IST)
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WB: Kharagpur IIT students drown in Digha sea
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): Two students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur drowned while swimming in the sea at New Digha in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Sunday, reports said.
According to reports, six IIT students reached New Digha on Sunday early morning and had started swimming in the sea.
At around 7:30 am., two of them- Aniruddha Kumar Raju and Rohit Tripathi- drowned in the sea suddenly.
According to police reports, drowned students- Aniruddha Kumar Raju (Aerospace Engineering) and Rohit Tripathi (Civil Engineering)- were studying in 4th year and belonged from Chandigarh and Bhopal respectively.
The police have started search operation in the sea and recovered Rohit Tripathi's dead body. Aniruddha's body has not been found so far.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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