The search for an 18-year-old college student who went on an outing with friends and fell into the Hooghly apparently while taking a selfie on Friday, is still on.
Sheikh Sayed, a first-year student at a college in north Kolkata fell into the Hooghly when he went too close to the edge of the bank while taking a selfie, his friends had purportedly told the police.
The police said his body could not be found till late on Tuesday evening.
Officers of North Port police station said they have registered a missing diary.
“We cannot start a formal case unless the boy or his body is found. We have circulated his photograph and details across all the police stations along the river so that we get the alerts if there is any development,” said a senior officer of Kolkata police’s Port division on Tuesday.
Sayed’s family on Monday submitted a written complaint against the friends he was last seen with, alleging that Sayed was called from his home and not allowed to complete his meal.
The police said they were yet to draw any formal case in the matter as the allegations made against the other students were “non-specific”.
“We are examining the students who were with him and would take action if anything suspicious is found,” said a senior officer.
One held for abduction, cops look for more
Maidan: A man has been arrested for allegedly being part of a group that kidnapped another man at gunpoint for ransom.
Police said they received a complaint on Monday from Rajesh Kumar Ray, 45, who is originally from Bihar, that he had been kidnapped by some men a few days ago and released after a ransom of Rs 1 lakh was paid.
The complaint was lodged with Maidan police station. Ray alleged that he was abducted from a place that falls in the area under the police station.
The man who was arrested on Tuesday has been identified as Sheikh Salim. “The accused was named in the FIR. Several other names have been mentioned as well. We are trying to arrest them,” said an officer.
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