One drowned and two others were found missing when they went to bathe in the Tel river near Belkhandi here on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Jash Goel. He along with two of his friends identified as Subal Gupta and Saswat Mishra had gone to bath in the river near Belkhandi in the morning, when the mishap took place. They are students of a private college here.
Sources informed that a total of eight students had come near the river for a feast, while the three victims dived into the river for a bath. However, as ill luck would have it, Jash drowned and Subal and Saswat while trying to save the former were dragged by a current in the river. While Jash’s body was retrieved, the rest two were missing. local police along with Fire brigade rushed to the spot and undertook a salvage operation. Search was still on to trace the other two, police said.