A girl student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla has gone missing after jumping off the Power Channel Bridge in Sambalpur on Tuesday late evening.
Fire Services personnel traced the body during the search and rescue operation, which had commenced last night.
The search operation resumed this morning and the girl’s body was eventually recovered from near the Power Channel Bridge 10 hours after she jumped into the water.
According to reports, she had come to VSSUT from Madanpur Rampur in Kalahandi district to receive her educational certificate on the occasion of convocation ceremony, yesterday.
Later, she went to the power channel bridge with one of her friends. Shockingly, she jumped into the power channel from the bridge and went missing.
On being informed, police and Fire Services personnel rushed to the spot and initiated a search operation to trace her.
The reason why the student committed suicide by jumping into the power channel is yet to be ascertained. Police are continuing further investigation in this regard.
