Bihar-based youth drowns Cuttack today, ODRAF initiates search operation

Cuttack: An incident of drowning was reported from Cuttack on Monday. The Chauliaganj Fire station received the call, said reports.

According to the information available, a drowning call was received by Chauliaganj Fire station. It has been reported that a boy named Bitesh Kumar Yadav from Bihar had jumped into the canal.

Reports further said that, the boy was aged around 19 years and was from Bihar. He jumped into the canal from Madhubabu bridge near Jagatpur and allegedly drowned. The Chauliaganj Fire Station personnel are on the spot and have initiated search operations.

Many people have gone missing after jumping into various rivers in Odisha this month. Here area a few instances:

A youth from the Khan Nagar area of Cuttack City reportedly jumped into the Kathajodi River shockingly infront of his mother on Friday evening. The 45-year-old identified as Manoj Behera was reportedly going in an auto-rickshaw to Gopalpur along with his mother from the Samrat Cinema Hall Chhaka.

However, when the three-wheeler reached the Kathajodi bridge connecting Gopalpur and Press Chhaka, Manoj reportedly got down from the moving vehicle and jumped into the river before anyone including his mother could stop him.

A team of fire fighters and Cuttack Sadar Police reached the spot and started a rescue operation. But the reason what promoted Manoj to jump into the river infront of mother is yet to be known.

Yet again an incident of a youth jumping into Kathajodi river in Cuttack district of Odisha has come to the fore on Friday. The youth has been identified as Tushar Bhatt. The youth has allegedly kept his car on the bridge and jumped down into the river.

The youth’s chappals have been found on the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu and his car from Trishulia square in Cuttack. The youth had been missing from his home in Bhubaneswar since Wednesday. It is believed that he allegedly has jumped into Kathajodi river.