Puri: A youth, identified as Vijendra Barik of Jagatpur area in Cuttack, drowned in the sea in Odisha’s Puri on Sunday.
According to sources, Vijendra along with some friends had gone to Puri. He went missing while they were taking bath in the sea near Digabareni Chhak.
Though life guards present at the beach rescued him, he was later declared dead.
