Silchar, Aug. 2 -- A third-year BTech student of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) died after accidentally falling into the Brahmaputra near Guwahati's Lathia Bagicha Ghat on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday.

Another student who fell into the river with her was rescued shortly after the incident, officers said.

Local sailors immediately came to the rescue, followed by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team.

"One of the students was rescued within around 20 minutes, while the body of the other student was recovered after nearly three hours of searching," an NDRF official said.

"It is with profound grief and deep sorrow that IIT Guwahati informs of the untimely demise of a BTech 3rd Year student of the...