Puri: In a tragic incident, a 45-year-old woman died after she drowned in the Kushabhadra River in Odisha’s Puri district on Wednesday while trying to rescue her son.
Sources said the incident took place when the woman’s son was slipping deep into the river water during purification rituals following her brother’s death.
The deceased has been identified as Swagatika Prushti, a resident of Bania Sahi village under the jurisdiction of Gop police station.
She had reportedly gone to the river with her family members to take a ritual bath as part of the purification ceremonies following her brother’s death.
During the ritual, she noticed her son drowning in the river and immediately jumped into the water to rescue him. However, she too got submerged and went missing.
Following the incident, a team from Gop Fire Services rushed to the spot and launched a search and rescue operation.
The woman was eventually rescued and taken to the Gop Community Health Centre (CHC), where the attending doctor declared her dead.
