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3 college students died due to drowning in the waterfall, had gone out on a walk breaking the campus protocol
Sanjeev Kumar | November 10, 2025 2:22 AM CST


Three first year students of NIT Silchar died after falling into a waterfall during a walk in Assam's Dima Hasao district. All were from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. SDRF searched and recovered the bodies. The institute said, the students did not follow the rules of going out.

Guwahati. The bodies of three missing students of Silchar-based National Institute of Technology (NIT) were recovered from a waterfall in Dima Hasao district of Assam on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Sarva Krutika (20), Sauharda Rai (20) and Radhika Kumari (19). Police said that Kritika and Souharda were from Uttar Pradesh while Radhika was from Bihar.

The three students had gone out for a walk on Saturday morning

According to reports, these students, who were out on a walk on Saturday morning, had fallen into a waterfall near Harangajao village. The body of one of these students was recovered on Saturday evening, while the dead bodies of the other two were found around 12:30 pm on Sunday. Dima Hasao Additional SP Farooq Ahmed said that he received information about an accident in Harangajao on Saturday afternoon, after which two teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were immediately sent to the spot. After an intensive search, one body was recovered on Saturday evening and two bodies were found underwater on Sunday. All three have been sent to Haflong for post-mortem.

Went out on picnic breaking campus protocol

NIT Silchar Director Dilip Kumar Baidya said that all three were first year students. He said that they had left the institute premises without following the campus protocol. Our rule is that every student has to inform the concerned authorities before going out, but unfortunately some students violate this rule and the same happened in this case.

Police completing legal formalities

According to the Director of NIT Silchar, since the incident took place in Dima Hasao, the local police is completing the legal formalities. If parents want to collect the dead student's body directly from Haflong, they will be allowed to do so. If they want the bodies to be brought to the NIT campus, we will arrange for that also.


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