Puri: An 18-year-old youth drowned in the Sweta Ganga sacred pond at Balisahi in Puri on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Sambit Pradhan, a resident of Satyabhamapur in Khordha district.
Pradhan had visited Puri along with his friends to have darshan of Lord Jagannath. After taking a dip in the sea, the group of friends went to Swetaganga to bathe.
While bathing in the pond, Sambit slipped into the deep waters. The incident took place at around 2 PM.
On receiving the information, two teams of the Fire Services immediately launched a search operation. After nearly 45 minutes of searching, the rescuers recovered Sambit’s body.
Puri Town Police reached the spot, seized the body and sent it to Puri District Headquarters Hospital for post-mortem.
