KEONJHAR: In an unfortunate
incident, a student died and other three were drowned in the river Baitarani
near Anandpur in Keonjhar district on Monday while they were immersing idols of
goddess Khudurukuni in the river. Four have been rescued, while the others are
yet to be fished out.
At around 10 am, over 200 revelers came
in a procession with their idols and gathered at Atta ghat in Anandpur to
immerse their goddess. While helping the girls in immersing the idols, the
students slipped into the current of the swollen river, said the fellow
revelers who were present over there.
Total eight students of a local
high school went missing when they were busy in idol immersion in the river. Four
of them were rescued by the local people, out of which two were admitted in
hospital in a serious condition.
Meanwhile, body of Priyabrata
Pagal, an eighth class student of a local high school, was fished out. After
getting information from the locals, Anandpur fire department officials rushed
the spot and have started search operation to rescue the three missing
students.
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