police personnel drown

Guwahati, June 20: Two police personnel, including one of the officers-in-charge (OC) of Kampur police station in the important Nagaon district of Assam, had been drown in flood waters on Sunday night.

Circle officer, Kampur, Sujata Gogoi stated that constable Rajib Bordoloi’s frame becomes recovered in the course of the wee hours of Monday, even as OC Samujjal Kakati’s frame become retrieved via way of means of kingdom catastrophe reaction pressure at around 8.30 am.

“The police group went out on a rescue operation. The incident took place slightly 1 km far from the police station because the complete surrounding becomes closely flooded,” stated Gogoi.

Police employees stated that their group of 3 went to a close-by village on an operation.

“Near a culvert, constable Bordoloi becomes washed away, and whilst the OC went to rescue him, he becomes additionally drowned,” stated the officer.

Kakati hails from Changsari in Kamrup district, while Bordoloi become a resident of Nagaon.

Kampur place is witnessing remarkable floods as river Kapili become flowing lots above the risk degree withinside an ultimate couple of days. Over 42 lakh human beings are marooned via way of means of the Assam floods.