Goa: MP techie’s body surfaces after 18 days of drowning

Times of India | 3 days ago | 23-09-2022 | 11:25 am

PONDA: The body of Madhya Pradesh techie Arprit Shukla resurfaced after 18 days on Thursday. The 31-year-old software engineer from Bhopal had drowned in Dudhsagar river on September 5 after he slipped off the waterfalls. The body was stuck in the roots of a tree on the banks 7km from the falls. Collem PI Sanjay Dalvi said the victim’s brother who was in Goa to join the search operation has identified the body. It has been preserved at the GMC mortuary for an autopsy likely to be conducted on Friday. Shukla had visited Dudhsagar waterfalls on the evening of September 5 with his wife and some friends. He was suspected to have fallen into the stream in an attempt to get a picture of the waterfalls and went missing. A search operation was launched immediately after.

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