Bhubaneswar: A man drowned in the Mahanadi while taking bath at Gadagadia ghat in Odisha’s Cuttack city on Thursday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Jagannath Nayak of Sutahata Upar Sahi.
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According to sources, the incident took place around 10 am as he slipped while bathing and was swept away into deep waters. Cantonment police and Fire Brigade personnel launched a rescue operation and later fished out his body from the river.
Nayak’s family members claimed that he was under medication for some mental condition.
