NEW DELHI: The body of 19-year-old Sneha Debnath, a Delhi University student missing for six days, was retrieved from the Yamuna River near Geeta Colony flyover on Sunday evening, police said.Debnath, a resident of Paryavaran Complex in south Delhi, hails from Tripura. She was reported missing on July 7.DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan said that on July 7, Sneha Debnath went missing from Paryavaran Complex.A note recovered by the family indicated her intention to jump from the Signature Bridge. A cab driver confirmed dropping her at the bridge, where her last known location was found. Some eyewitnesses stated that they saw a girl standing on the bridge, and she was later found missing, the DCP said, adding that a search was conducted from Nigam Bodh Ghat to Noida. Sneha’s friends said that she had been upset for the past few months and had dropped an email and WhatsApp messages that morning, police said. She had left the house on the morning of July 7 claiming to drop her friend Pitunia off at Sarai Rohilla Railway Station. Her mother’s last contact with her was at 5:56 am. “When we called again at 8:45 am, her phone was found switched off. We learned that Pitunia had not met Sneha that morning,” the family said in a statement. They also learned that a cab driver had dropped her off at the Signature Bridge.A massive search operation was launched with the help of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local police units, covering the Yamuna stretch from Nigam Bodh Ghat to Noida.Officials confirmed that her body was seen floating in the river under the Geeta Colony flyover. It was later identified by her family members.
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