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Two bodies recovered from canal in Anandpur a day after they went missing

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August 20, 2025

The bodies of a young man and a woman were recovered from a canal in the Anandapur area in the southern outskirts of Kolkata on Tuesday, a day after both of them went missing.

- AGENCIES Kolkata, 19 August

Two bodies recovered from canal in Anandpur a day after they went missing

According to the police, 23-year-old Ranita Vaidya and 19-year-old Rohit Agarwal went missing on Monday afternoon. Both Ranita and Rohit are residents of Uttar Panchannagram in the Anandapur area and knew each other.

Ranita bought a scooter about six months ago. She was learning to ride the scooter from her friend Rohit. She went out with Rohit on Monday to train on the scooter. But she did not return home after that and went missing. Rohit too went missing yesterday evening.

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