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2 Friends Die After Drowning In Brahmani River In Odisha’s Jajpur

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OB Bureau

Jajpur: Two youths died after drowning while taking a bath in Brahmani river in Dharmasala area of Odisha’s Jajpur district on Wednesday.

The incident took place when the two friends were taking a bath in the river at Gokarneswar ghat under the jurisdiction of Dharmasala police station.

The deceased were identified as Gobinda Rana and Soumya Ranjan Maharana of a village in Jaraka area of the district. Gobinda was reportedly working as a salesman in a local cloth store in Jaraka.

The two had gone to the river in the afternoon for a bath when they accidentally slipped and went deep into the water.

Locals launched a rescue operation and fished out both from the river water and took them to a government hospital in Dharmasala. However, doctors declared them brought dead, police sources said.

On being informed, a police team from Dharmasala visited the hospital and launched a probe into the incident, while the bodies were sent for postmortem.

OB Bureau

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