A 14-year-old boy of Ayatpur village under Kalaspur grampanchyat in Kendrapada district on Wednesday slipped into floodwater near his village and drowned.
Sandeep Nayak, a Class IX student of the Damodar High School, while going through the floodwater along with his friends to witness the flood scenario, suddenly lost his balance in the heavy flow of water on Manpur road.
On being informed, a team of the National Disaster Rapid Action Force (NDRAF) rushed to the spot and fished out Sandeep’s body after five hours of a search operation and sent it to the Ali Hospital for autopsy. Ali Tehsildar Subash Chandra Nath Sharma rushed to the spot and took stock of the situation.