The girl allegedly jumped off the Power Channel Bridge on Tuesday night (Shutterstock Image for Representation)
The student has been identified as Chinmayi Priyadarshini Sahu, she was a final year Btech student at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in Burla, Sambalpur
A female student studying information technology at a university in Sambalpur, Odisha, has gone missing after jumping off the Power Channel Bridge late on Tuesday night. Identified as Chinmayi Priyadarshini Sahu, she was a final year Btech student at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in Burla, Sambalpur.
According to reports, Chinmayi attended the convocation ceremony at the varsity on Tuesday, where she received the diploma from the vice chancellor. Then she went to the PC Bridge with her friends around 8 PM. She allegedly jumped into the water channel near the bridge and has not been found since.
State police, along with fire and rescue personnel, have launched a search to locate the missing student. VSSUT VC Prof Bansidhar Majh also reached the spot. The girl has not yet been found and searches are still ongoing, the reports said.
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