Dhenkanal: Five students from Link Road locality of Cuttack went missing today in Saptasajya hill in Dhenkanal district.

The five missing youths were identified as Arakshita Mohapatra, Subham Mohapatra, Himanshu Das, Sujit Sahu, and Lucky Das.

According to a source, seven youths from Cuttack had gone to Saptasajya and five of them went deep into the forest. The youths lost their way and could not return.

On being informed, a joint team of Sadar police and local forest personnel launched a search operation. However, the missing youths have not been traced.

The frantic search was underway till the time when this report was filed.