Baleshwar: Two brothers drowned while bathing in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha’s Baleshwar district Wednesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Ramyaranjan Giri (19) and his younger brother Soumyaranjan Giri (17), a senior officer said.
They hailed from Taladananda village and came to their uncle’s house at Manpur under Baliapal police station limits on the occasion of Dussehra.
“Both went to the Manpur ghat near their uncle’s house for bathing. They waded into deep water and were swept away by the strong current in the river,” a police officer said.
During a search operation, the bodies were recovered from the river, he said.
The bodies were sent to a hospital for post-mortem examinations, he added.
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