Updated On: 19 May, 2025 03:45 PM IST | Bhubaneswar | mid-day online correspondent
The incident took place around 3 pm on Sunday when four engineers, working with a private construction company, went to the Kathajodi river bank near Biren Mitra Park. One of them lost balance and slipped into the deep waters. To rescue him, another member of the group also jumped into the river and was swept away

The victims were in their mid-20s and hailed from Maharashtra. Representational pic
Police said the body of a young engineer from Maharashtra, who went missing while bathing in a river in Odisha’s Cuttack, was recovered on Monday morning.
Four engineers working with a private construction company engaged for the renovation of the state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital went to the Kathajodi river bank near Biren Mitra Park around 3 pm on Sunday, an official stated, according to PTI.