3 Students Go Missing While Bathing In Devi River

Jagatsinghpur: Three students go missing while another had a brush with death while taking bath in Devi River near Machagaon under Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district today.

The deceased students were residents of Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar and Ambasala villages in Jagatsinghpur.

According to reports, the incident took place while the four students belonging to a college in Satyanagar of Bhubaneswar went to the Devi River in Jagatsinghpur to take bath. It is suspected that due to the strong current of the river, the students were swept away.

On being informed about the incident, the fire brigade personnel reached the spot and started the rescue operation. Following this, out of the four, one was rescued.

More details are awaited.