by Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : After five days of continuous search operation by the SDRF, NDRF and a special team from the navy, the operation team has been able to recover the car and brought out highly decomposed bodies of the five of the same family. The car with the family drove straight into the Dekhow river after making a wrong turn. As the engine ceased they could not open the door and window and soon they were swallowed by the river . After 4 days of relentless search involving both SDRF and NDRF and Navy, two SDRF jawnas eventually found the car when the large 20 kg magnet specially brought by them from Dibrugarh stuck to the bumper of the car. One of the jawan dived to find the car and soon it was tied with a rope and brought to the bank. ironically the car was discovered within 300 metere of the accident spot and did not traveled far distance. All the bodies were inside and in a decomposed state and they were embracing each other realizing inevitable death. It may be noted that all the hi-tech strategies brought in by the Navy, SONAR technology, had failed. It was only a block of magnet that had led the SDRF team to trace the vehicle. “First the deep diver found that the magnet has caught something. The diver then found a tyre near it. He then tied a rope to it and came up to inform his team members that the car has been found” said a SDRF leader Jiten Doley. It was a heart rendering scene as the tragedy had left a pall of gloom in the whole area.