Hans News Service Bhubaneswar

Threepersons drowned while bathing in the Luna river in Kendrapada district on Tuesday, police said. Five persons from Gahaga village under Kendrapada Sadar police limits had gone to bathe in the river around 11 am, but three of them were subsequently swept away by strong currents, a police officer said.

Personnel from the fire services department and the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) launched a search operation and fished out the bodies, he said.

The deceased have been identified as Himanshu Sekhar Satapathy, Sabyasachi Swain and Chiranjib Parida