Assam woman found dead after exam — but was India too distracted to care? - video Dailymotion

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Rasmita Hojai, an engineering graduate from Assam, went missing in Delhi after her RRB exam. Days later, her body was found near the Ganga in Uttarakhand.

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00:00This woman from Assam was found dead.

00:02But was India too busy with Raja Ragu Vanshi to notice?

00:05Assam's Rasmita Hojai went missing in Delhi after appearing for an exam.

00:09Days later, her body was found near the Ganga River in Uttarakhand.

00:12Rasmita, who had completed her engineering and was preparing for the Assam Public Service Commission exams in Guwahati,

00:18had travelled to Delhi on June 4, 2025 to appear for the Railway Recruitment Board examination.

00:24But she never made it back.

00:25Two men last seen with her claimed she had been swept away by a river.

00:28That's it. That's the story her family was given.

00:31No nationwide manhunt, no primetime coverage, barely a whisper in the national media.

00:36Only local news outlets and a few concerned voices tried to raise the alarm.

00:40Why? Because India was too busy with the Raja Sunam case in Meghalaya.

00:44A man murdered, a wife allegedly plotting with three accomplices.

00:48Meanwhile, Rasmita, a northeastern woman, was reduced to a paragraph, if that.

00:52Would things have been different if Rasmita had been from a different state?

00:55If a story had a viral twist, if a name fit better in a headline?

Assam woman found dead after exam — but was India too distracted to care?

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