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Imphal: A 68-year-old retired Central Reserve Police Force personnel, identified as Lungawi, died after drowning in the Khuga River in Manipur. The tragedy unfolded near S. Geltui village in the Churachandpur district. He went fishing alone on Saturday but failed to return home by nightfall. His family grew concerned. They started looking for him along the riverbank as darkness fell.
The search party discovered his personal belongings drifting near his regular fishing spot. Local residents joined the relatives for an exhaustive overnight search of the area. The effort ended at 8:40 am on Sunday when locals pulled his body from the water. Authorities officially handed over the remains to his mourning family later that morning. As one local official noted regarding the recovery, "The search ended with the recovery of his body on Sunday morning."
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