Nayagarh: A teacher drowned while trying to save a student on the Mahanadi river bank at Kantilo here on Wednesday. The deceased teacher, Saroj Kumar Das was trying to save the life of a student who was drowning.
However, while the student survived the accident, his teacher drowned and succumbed. The deceased was a native of Sankhapada village in Mahakalpada area of Kendrapara district.
According to reports, the teacher was leading a group of students who had come to Kantilo for a picnic on Wednesday. Local police have retrieved the body and registered a case in this matter.
