{"id":127872,"date":"2024-09-22T13:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T07:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=127872"},"modified":"2024-09-22T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T07:43:15","slug":"missing-shillong-mans-body-found-in-umiam-lake-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=127872","title":{"rendered":"Missing Shillong Man\u2019s Body Found in Umiam Lake, Meghalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127753\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg?resize=198%2C55&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">A tragic conclusion was reached in the search for a missing Shillong resident, <a href=\"http:\/\/Saumitra Chakraborty\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">Saumitra Chakraborty<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, 48, when his body was found floating in Umiam Lake on Saturday, September 21. Chakraborty had been missing since September 19 from his home in the Laban area of Shillong.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127873\" style=\"width: 688px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Missing Shillong Man\u2019s Body Found in Umiam Lake, Meghalaya:\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127873 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240922_130854.jpg?resize=688%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Missing Shillong Man\u2019s Body Found\" width=\"688\" height=\"468\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240922_130854.jpg?w=688&amp;ssl=1 688w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240922_130854.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Missing Shillong Man\u2019s Body Found in Umiam Lake, Meghalaya:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Local police reported the grim discovery in Umiam Lake, situated approximately 15 kilometers north of Shillong. Family members were urgently called to the location and confirmed the identity of the deceased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Authorities have announced that a post-mortem examination is scheduled for Sunday in order to determine the exact cause of death. The circumstances surrounding Chakraborty\u2019s disappearance and subsequent death are currently under thorough investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">This incident has understandably left the local community in grief and shock, as they await further information from the ongoing investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic conclusion was reached in the search for a missing Shillong resident, Saumitra Chakraborty, 48, when his body was found floating in Umiam Lake on Saturday, September 21. Chakraborty had been missing since September 19 from his home in the Laban area of Shillong. Local police reported the grim discovery in Umiam Lake, situated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk:"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[31893,8286,31892],"class_list":["post-127872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-found-in-umiam-lake","tag-meghalaya","tag-missing-shillong-mans-body"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157258,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=157258","url_meta":{"origin":127872,"position":0},"title":"Meghalaya Violence: Fresh Arson, Petrol Bombs Damage Government Assets","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Multiple arson and petrol-bomb attacks were reported across Meghalaya over the past 24 hours, authorities said on August 21, as violence that began during a students\u2019 bike rally in Shillong two days earlier spread to several districts. 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