20 yr old man went missing while taking bath in Odisha: Police

A 20-year-old man today went missing while taking bath in the power channel of Indravati project near Ranibahal in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said.

The man, identified as Dharmendra Harijan, is a student of Indravati Mahavidyalaya, Jaipatna and had gone to the power channel for bathing. He did not know swimming and could have swept away in the current of the power channel.

At that time, 70 cusec water was released in the channel after power generation, police said. Fire brigade personnel have launched a search operation for the man. On police request, the authorities of the Indravati project has stopped water release from one turbine in order to help search operation.

However, there was no trace of the man till 9 pm on Wednesday night, said SDPO Surendra Satpathy.

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