In yet another case of water mishap in the State, youth took watery grave in the Khairi-Bandan river in the Ramtirtha crocodile project area under Jashipur police station limits in Mayurbhanj district this morning.
Body of the deceased identified as Subas Mahant of Majhigaon village under the Badam-Pahad police station limits in the district.
According to reports, Subas was going to meet a girl and propose marriage at Bada-Jhunipani village when he fell into the river. He drowned and washed away.
On being informed by eyewitness, Police have registered an unnatural death case and started investigation after sending the body to a Government hospital for post-mortem. The exact reason behind falling in the river is not known yet.
