Baleshwar: An elderly tourist from Uttar Pradesh drowned while taking bath in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha’s Baleshwar district Saturday, police said.
In another incident, two minors hailing from Baleshwar went missing while having a bath in the same river near Sekhbadi area, they said.
The deceased was identified as Ashok Pathak (62), a resident of Ayodhya in UP.
The incident took place when a group of tourists was on their way to Puri, and halted en route at Rajghat near the river for a bath, a police officer said.
Pathak slipped into the water and was swept away by strong currents, an officer said.
Fire services and ODRAF personnel were pressed into service, and after a two-hour search operation, his body was recovered, he said.
Meanwhile, two boys, aged 15 and 11 years, went missing while taking a bath in the Subarnarekha river near Sekhbadi, the officer said.
However, another boy who was with them, managed to swim to safety.
A search operation has been launched to trace the minors, he added.
PTI
