3 youths drown while bathing in sea in Odisha’s Puri; 2 rescued

Puri: Taking bath in sea in Odisha’s Puri turned tragic for three persons today as the trio drowned while two of them were rescued later and one was missing till last reports came in.

According to reports, the three, students of Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI) in Bhubaneswar, went to take bath in the sea near Digabareni Chhak here with five of their friends early this morning.

They drowned while bathing following which lifeguards present at the beach rescued two of them.

One of the survivors, identified as Rahul Sharma (21) of Jaipur in Rajasthan, was initially admitted to Puri district headquarters hospital and later shifted SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack as his condition deteriorated.

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