Two brothers drowned in the Subarnarekha River near Manapur village under Baliapal police station in Baleshwar district on Monday afternoon while bathing with friends.
The deceased have been identified as Rumyaranjan Giri (21) and his younger brother Priyaranjan Giri (18), sons of late Madhusudan Giri of Taldhananda village. The brothers had gone to visit their maternal uncle’s house. In the afternoon, they went to the Subarnarekha River ghat with some local friends for a bath.
According to reports, the younger brother Priyaranjan was swept away by the strong current into deeper water and began drowning. Seeing this, elder brother Rumyaranjan jumped in to rescue him but was also pulled under by the current. Both brothers went under and could not be saved immediately.
On receiving information, the Baliapal fire brigade rushed to the spot, recovered the bodies of the two youths, and shifted them to the Baliapal Community Health Centre. Doctors there declared them dead.
