The body of 21-year-old youth Mankai wangpan, who had drowned in Nao-Dihing river near banka bridge, Mahadevpur, in Namsai was retrieved by a team of the NDRF on Monday.

As per NDRF sources, NDRF team moved from Mahadevpur cultural hall to the incident site early morning and resumed search operation, with the help of boats and deep divers.

Within 15 minutes the body of the drowned youth was retrieved by the NDRF team. The drowned youth had been identified as Mankai Wangpan aged 21 years. He was a resident of Longding.

Mankai Wangpan drowned while bathing in Nao-Dihing river near banka bridge on Saturday morning. The NDRF team rushed from Assam’s Dhemaji to the site of the incident. The team reached Namsai late night on Saturday and started search operations at the very first light on Sunday. The team had searched approx 3 km downstream of Nao-Dihing river, but they couldn’t locate the body on Saturday.

The team completed some formality and handed over the dead body to the local police. The efforts of the NDRF team was much appreciated by the locals and administration.