Thursday, January 3, 2013

Tourist falls off boat at Chilika, dies



PURI: A tourist from neighbouring State Chattishgarh died when he fell off boat at the Chilika Lake near Satapada of Puri district on Wednesday morning. The locals of fishermen community are searching the body from the water.

The tourist was identified as Sarat Gupta, who visited Satapada with his family to see Chilika Lake, hired a boat and entered the lake. After few minutes, the tourist fell off the boat losing his body balance. The family member could not save Gupta who disappeared in the water.

The locals reached the spot after getting information from the boat, but failed to save the tourist. They even could not recover the body of the tourist, said sources.   

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