Bhubaneswar: Bodies of two more college students, who went missing in Kuakhai river near Dhabalahar village of Bainchua panchayat under Balianta block on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar yesterday, were recovered from the water body, this morning.

Earlier, bodies of two students were fished out of the river, yesterday. The toll in the tragedy has reached four.

The deceased have been identified as Aryan Mishra of Jamshedpur, Kumar Avinash of Cuttack, Rohit Parida of Balasore and Prateek Dhalasamanta of Balikuda.

According to an eyewitness, eight youths had come to the river for taking a bath. As ill luck could have it, four of them went deep into the water and drowned, leading to untimely deaths.

A team of local fire services personnel carried out a search operation at the mishap site, which was stopped after the fall of night. The operation resumed this morning while two more bodies were recovered.