Two bodies of Jadavpur University students found, one missing

Purulia, July 29 (UNI) Police today recovered the bodies of two Jadavpur University students, who were part of the five-member team which went missing in the hilly forest area here, while search was on to trace the remaining participant.

Police Superintendent Ashoke Kumar Prasad told UNI that the body of Suvankar Saha (21) was retrieved from the bank of a river while that of Swati Das was found near a canal a few hours later.

Arundhati Saha was still missing and a massive hunt was launched across Purulia district and neighbouring Jharkhand. Many teams had fanned out to trace the missing girl, Mr Prasad said .

Two other members--Bappaditya Chatterjee and Koushik Saha--who had been rescued last night, were detained by the police for interrogation.

Police said their versions, during interrogation, about the mishap was varying.

Mr Prasad said the body of Suvankar was found at the bank of Shuva river in Bagmundi with injury marks on the neck. Initially rumours were that some members of the team slipped and fell into the river while crossing a stream.

It was also said they fell after the rope, with the help of which they were crossing the river, snapped.

The students pursuing bachelors degree in Pharmaceutical had boarded the train from Howrah on Wednesday and starterd trekking from Thursday in the Bagmundi hills.

He said initially it was thought that Moaists were behind the incident but Bappaditya and Koushik claimed they fell into the river.

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