The tragic death of 19-year-old Sneha Debnath, a student of Delhi University whose body was recovered from the Yamuna River nearly a week after she went missing, has left her family and native village of Sabroom in South Tripura devastated.
Sneha, a second-year student of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College under the Delhi University, had gone missing on July 7. Following the intervention of Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, a joint operation by Delhi Police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was launched, leading to the recovery of her body from the Yamuna on Sunday.
Her father, Pritish Debnath, a former Army personnel from Bhuratali village in the Sabroom subdivision, had moved to Delhi in pursuit of better education opportunities for his daughters. While Sneha was in college, her elder sister Bipasa is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Mathematics.
The loss has left the family shattered. “I can’t say anything now… I am not in a position to talk to anybody about what is going on in my mind,” Pritish Debnath told PTI in a brief, emotionally overwhelmed response.
