Man drowns, body retrieved

DOIMUKH, Nov 5: One Nirjul Ali, a resident of Dongibill village in Assam, drowned in the Dikrong river near Nempo village here in Papum Pare district while fishing on 4 November.

A team of the 12 NDRF, under the direction of Commandant Rajesh Thakur, carried out a search operation on Thursday and retrieved the dead body 2.5 kms downstream from the place of incident.