Two youths drowned in a pond at Kandabindha village in Dhenkanal district during the Boita Bandana celebrations on Thursday morning.
According to reports, the villagers had congregated at Thakura Pokhari pond at the village early in the morning to celebrate Boita Bandana. A group of youths of the village had gone inside the pond on a boat when it suddenly lost balance and capsized. While most of them managed to swim ashore, two of them were feared to have drowned. Following the information, the police and a fire brigade team rushed to the village. Till reports last came in, the search operation was on.