The body of a young man was found floating near a bank in Howrah’s Uluberia on Sunday evening.
Police sources said the body was of the 18-year-old college student from the city who fell into the Hooghly on January 6.
“The student’s identity was established from his clothes, shoes and belongings found on him. His parents will go to the morgue in Uluberia on Monday to confirm the identity,” a police officer said.
Sheikh Sayed, a resident of Tallah and a student of a north Kolkata college, left home around 4pm on January 6 to join six of his friends on an outing to Bagbazar. Sayed apparently went close to the river while taking a selfie and lost balance and stumbled into the water, an officer of Kolkata police’s Port division said.
The police had launched a search but failed to trace him.
His parents had lodged a complaint against Sayed’s friends. But no case was registered because the boy could not be traced. A senior officer said an unnatural death case would be registered at North Port police station and the body would be sent for post-mortem. “A specific case will be started if the post-mortem findings suggest any foul play. As of now, an unnatural death case has been initiated,” said the officer.
Project Maa
Seven hundred women from underprivileged backgrounds got a blanket each and other essential items at a programme at Hrishikesh Park on Amherst Street in north Kolkata on Sunday. All the recipients were widows and mothers. They were aged 50 and above. The programme was called MAA, which stands for “Mother’s Apt Appreciation”, said organisers.
A kit each was provided to 700 women. Each kit contained a blanket, a mosquito net, a sari, an umbrella and dry food, among other things. “Underprivileged widows are among the most vulnerable sections in our society. We have stood by 3,000 such women since the start of the programme in 2016,” said Ramprasad Chattopadhyay, president of the Rotary Club of Calcutta North East, the organisers of the programme.