# Assam chief minister visits family of boy who died saving dog 2026-08-06T02:24:54+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the family of Rideep Panika, a student who died after entering floodwaters in Nazira to save his pet dog, Barun, according to NDTV. The dog had been caught in a strong, swirling current during the recent floods, Panika reached and saved the dog but could not escape the water himself. The chief minister met the grieving parents and expressed his condolences. The report also noted that two days of heavy rain in Bhutan had caused fresh flooding in districts of central Assam bordering the country, with the Pagladia river in Orang rising suddenly and villages including Fuhurabari and Dofalapota hit by flooding as roads, link roads and embankments broke, all roads leading to Kathpuri were broken, cutting that village off. Hundreds of bighas of paddy fields in the affected villages were reported submerged. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The account of Panika's death and the chief minister's visit comes from a single wire report with no further detail on the exact location, timing or any official findings about the incident, so it should be read as a record of the visit and the reported circumstances rather than a full investigation. The report's description of the death as a rescue attempt is not independently corroborated. The newly reported flooding along the Bhutan border, with roads, link roads and embankments broken in Fuhurabari, Dofalapota and neighbouring villages and Kathpuri cut off entirely, leaves whether relief has reached Kathpuri and the other flood-hit villages as the concrete detail this report does not answer. ## Coverage - www.ndtv.com Tags: Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/himanta-sarma-visits-family-of-boy-who-died-saving-pet-dog-during-floods/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/himanta-sarma-visits-family-of-boy-who-died-saving-pet-dog-during-floods/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.