An IT engineer went missing while bathing in the Derjang irrigation dam in Angul district on Monday. On being informed, fire brigade personnel reached the spot and launched a rescue mission.
Sources said DibhanshuHota, an engineer in Bangalore, along with a few youths including RanjitMohanty, Biplab Bose, MD Akij, SumitSatapathy Ashish Sahoo, DibyaRanjanSamal and SubratSamal visited the dam to celebrate the Friendship Day.
Dibhanshu, son of former Nalco DGM Trinath Shankar Hota and senior DPS teacher PushpanajaliHota, went missing while taking bath. He reportedly entered into the water in a pair of jeans and swam around a distance of 100 meters before going missing.
The fire brigade personnel along with the local police launched an operation to rescue Dibhanshu. However, they could not trace him till the last report came in.
“The rescue operation is underway. The fire brigade personnel are facing trouble due rain. The Angul Sub-Collector and other senior officials are monitoring the operation,” said a source.