Dehradun Police have found the body of Rajesh Kumar, student of IIT Roorkee and native of Bihar on Wednesday who was swept away in Ganga under Muni-ki- Rati police station on May 29. The 24- year- old Kumar was part of a 13- member – group of IIT Roorkee which arrived for a holiday camp at Shivpuri, Rishikesh on May 28. The incident occurred when around 10 am on May 29, he along with other members of the group began taking dip in the river. Eyewitness said that considering himself as a good swimmer, Kumar went on in the risk area to be caught in the swirling eddies of the river and then swept away.
His friends informed police after he did not emerge out from the river. Police team conducted rescue operations but failed to trace him. Finally, police succeeded in recovering his body on Wednesday, said Muni-ki- Rati police station in-charge Rajendra Singh. It should be mentioned here that recently, divers from Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and civil police of three districts Haridwar, Dehradun and Tehri had conducted rescue operations and recovered the body of Aabida Manzoor, daughter of Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Shahid Manzoor who swept away in Ganga, near lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh.