Missing Tripura girl found dead under Delhi flyover after 6-day search
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Missing Tripura girl found dead under Delhi flyover after 6-day search
Sneha Debnath, 19, went missing on July 7 under mysterious circumstances. A native of Tripura and a student of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi University, Sneha last spoke to her parents on July7. Delhi Police Crime Branch conducted an extensive search within a seven-kilometre radius of the Signature Bridge area.
Delhi Police on Sunday found the body of an unidentified woman amid the extensive search of 19-year-old girl Sneha Debnath, who went missing on July 7 under mysterious circumstances.
A native of Tripura and a student of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi University, Sneha last spoke to her parents on July 7.
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“A female body has been located by the police team under the Geeta colony flyover in the river. The age of the deceased girl is confirmed to be 19 years,” Delhi Police said in a statement.
Sneha, a student of Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi University, was last in contact with her family on July 7.
According to her family, she informed her mother that she would be accompanying a friend, Pitunia, to Sarai Rohilla Railway Station. Her final phone call was made at 5:56 a.m.
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The concern escalated when her phone was found switched off by 8:45 a.m., and it was later confirmed that Pitunia had not met Sneha that morning as planned.
In a disturbing development, a cab driver traced by the family confirmed dropping Sneha near Delhi’s Signature Bridge, a location known for safety concerns and poor CCTV coverage. The absence of surveillance footage in the area has severely hampered investigators in reconstructing Sneha’s final movements.
On July 9, the Delhi Police Crime Branch, with assistance from the NDRF, conducted an extensive search within a seven-kilometre radius of the Signature Bridge area. However, the search yielded no concrete leads.
Body of missing 19-year-old Delhi University student found in Yamuna after 6 days
Sneha Debnath, 19, a Delhi University student, was reported missing on July 7. Her body was retrieved from the Yamuna river on Sunday evening, police said. She left a note behind, indicating an intent to jump off the Signature Bridge. Her family and friends have expressed concerns about the surveillance infrastructure in the area around the bridge. The Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha had earlier acknowledged her disappearance in a post on X.
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Debnath, a resident of Paryavaran Complex in south Delhi, hails from Tripura. She was reported missing on July 7. A search had been launched following the registration of a missing person FIR at the Mehrauli police station.
According to police, Debnath left a handwritten note behind, indicating an intent to jump off the Signature Bridge, built across the Yamuna river.
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Police traced Debnath’s movements through technical surveillance and confirmed her last known location as the Signature Bridge. The cab driver who dropped her there, as well as some eyewitnesses, said that they saw a woman standing on the bridge and later disappearing from the spot, they said.
A massive search operation was launched with the help of the National Disaster Response Force and local police units, covering the Yamuna stretch from Nigam Bodh Ghat to Noida.
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Officials confirmed that her body was seen floating in the river under the Geeta Colony flyover. It was later identified by her family.
Police said Debnath had sent messages through email and messaging apps to her close friends in the early hours of July 7. Her friends informed investigators that she had been disturbed and emotionally distressed for the past few months.
Her family and friends have also expressed concerns about the surveillance infrastructure in the area around the Signature Bridge.
A friend of Debnath’s claimed that none of the CCTV cameras on the Signature Bridge or in the vicinity were operational at the time she was spotted there.
“Despite the Signature Bridge being a suicide-prone area, there is not a single CCTV camera that works on the bridge or in nearby areas,” she alleged.
Meanwhile, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha had earlier acknowledged Debnath’s disappearance in a post on X, noting that she hailed from Sabroom in south Tripura. He had also directed police to take immediate action.