Six youths drowned- all the bodies fished out

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Six youths drowned- all the bodies fished out

March 20

18:48 2022

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By Akshya Rout

Jajpur, March 20 : Six youths met watery graves while taking bath in the river Kharosotra near Badasuar ghat in Jajpur district on Friday after playing Holi .

All the six deceased were identified as Shubam Jena (16), Krishna Jena ( 19) , Rahul Jena ( 18) and Karan Jena ( 19) of village Bandhamunda village and Sumbit Jena ( 18) and Babuli Jena ( 19) of Jalapur under Jajpur town police station.

All the six youths slipped into the water and drowned while taking bath in the river after playing colour of festival .

Bodies of Subham Jena and Sumbit Jena were recovered on Friday night and bodies of Krishna Jena , Rahul Jena and Karan Jena were later fished out by fire brigade men on Saturday.

The body of Babul Jena was found in the river on Sunday morning. Bodies have been sent for post mortem , said the IIC of Jajpur town police station, Ajay Kumar Jena.