Bhubaneswar: A day after the recovery of the body of 15-year-old Jyotiprakash Behera, a Class-X student of Unit-VIII Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir who was swept away in a drain at Shatabdi Nagar here, his teachers and schoolmates mourned the demise of the minor boy in a condolence meeting at the school, today.

Mourning Jyotiprakash's demise, a teacher said, "He had aspired to become a doctor. His dream will remain unfulfilled. I spoke to him hours before the tragic incident. It is hard to believe that he is no more."

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On September 19, Jyotiprakash of Baramunda area here went missing after he fell into the drain while going to attend tuition classes on a bicycle. His bicycle and a footwear were recovered from the incident site.

Search operation was launched by Fire services personnel to trace him. The body was found at a bush near a drain at Panchasakha Nagar here on September 20 morning.