Baripada: Two Plus II students drowned to death during Vishwakarma idol immersion in Subarnarekha canal in Odisha’s Baripada on Tuesday.
The students were identified as Thakur Soren of Badampahad and Bhagya Prakash Patra of Tato village in Mayurbhanj’s Karanjia block. They were residing in the hostel and had gone to the canal for idol immersion this morning, said sources.
The two students slipped from Kathapal canal embankment during idol immersion and went missing.
On getting information, locals and ODRAF personnel reached the spot and started search operations. The rescue personnel retrieved the bodies of the two students later in the day, sources added.