Bhubaneswar: Two persons, including a 14-year-old boy, drowned in Mahanadi River while taking bath near Jobra in Odisha’s Cuttack city on Thursday.
The two have been identified as Pinkun Jena (22) and Sai Behera (14) of Jobra area.
According to sources, Pinkun, Sai and Bishwajit Das (13) of Nadikula Sahi locality had gone out to take bath in the river near Jobra in the afternoon.
As the three ventured deep into the river water, they got swept in the strong current.
Two of them drowned in the river, while locals managed to rescue Biswajit and rushed him to the hospital for treatment.
