Dipender Manta
Tribune News Service
Mandi, February 17
An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi student drowned in the Uhal river on Thursday while allegedly taking a selfie.
The deceased was identified as Deep Prakash Singh, a native of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The victim was a student of B. Tech 1st year in electrical engineering.
Yesterday the victim left the campus around 4 pm and did not return till evening.
Thereafter IIT authorities complained to the police at Kamand and led a search operation for the missing student.
The body was recovered midnight and has been sent for postmortem at regional hospital Mandi.
DSP Mandi Hitesh Lakhanpal confirmed the report and said the investigation was underway.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim might have slipped off in the river while clicking a selfie.
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