GM College student drowned

A student of Gangadhar Meher College Subrat Dhal fears to have drowned in the River Mahanadi in the afternoon of Tuesday at Chipilima, 25 km from here. The incident took place when he along with a group of students of the college were taking bath in the River Mahanadi after visiting the famous Ghanteswari temple located near by.

Police sources said rescue operation was on to search the body of the boy but till evening the police were not successful. “We are searching the body soon we get the information but till evening we remain unsuccessful because of the bad light”, a police officer told.