Three Drown at Luna River Ghat in Kendrapara
Rescue teams recovered bodies after villagers found abandoned clothes, highlighting the danger of strong currents during festival bathing.
Overview
- Five people from Gahaga village went to bathe around 11 a.m. Tuesday and strong currents swept three of them into the Luna River, according to police and local reports.
- Villagers launched an immediate search after finding clothes and slippers on the riverbank and Fire Services personnel and the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force joined recovery operations.
- National news agency reporting carried by multiple outlets says rescue teams recovered three bodies and identified them as Himanshu Sekhar Satapathy, Sabyasachi Swain and Chiranjib Parida.
- Local reporting from OrissaPOST said two bodies were recovered and a third person remained missing, naming the recovered as Sabyasachi Swain and Ashish Satapathy and the missing as Himanshu Parida, leaving identities and recovery status inconsistent across accounts.
- Gahaga village has been left grieving as families and neighbours gather at the ghat, and available coverage shows authorities and local media have not yet resolved the discrepancies in victim identification.