A day after the recovery of the body of 15-year-old Jyotiprakash alias Raja Behera, a Class-X student of Unit-VIII Saraswati Sishu Vidyamandir who was swept away in a drain at Shatabdi Nagar here, his teachers and schoolmates mourned his demise in a condolence meeting at the school on Tuesday.A teacher said, “He (Jyoti) had aspired to become a doctor. His dream will remain unfulfilled. I had spoken to him hours before tragic incident. It is hard to believe that he is no more.” On September 19, Jyotiprakash of Baramunda area here went missing after he fell into open drain while going to attend tuition classes by a bicycle.
A search operation was launched by Fire Services personnel to trace him. The body was found at a bush near a drain at Panchasakha Nagar here on September 20 morning.