Boudh: An Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan on Wednesday drowned in Mahanadi river in the district during training. He was identified as Pradyumna Panda (30) and was working as a jawan of IRB 5th battalion at Balasinga in the district.
Eyewitnesses said Pradyumna went inside the river with a life jacket and an oxygen cylinder as part of the training programme in the morning and went missing. On being informed, ODRAF team and Fire personnel recovered the jawan’s body after several hours of search.
The training was underway at the Bankapala Ghat near the Mahanadi bridge.
The deceased is a native of Kandhamal district.
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