A minor boy drowned in a stream while taking a selfie at the Kumbhjhar waterfall in Boudh district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jyotisman Nayak of the Tikabali area in Kandhamal district.Jyotisman had visited the waterfall with his family members and relatives for picnic on Sunday. While the family members were engaged in cooking, the 16-year-old boy was taking selfies at the waterfall on his smartphone when he accidentally slipped into the stream and sustained serious injuries. He was rushed to the Adenigarh Community Health Centre (CHC). After his condition deteriorated, the doctors referred him to the Boudh District Headquarters Hospital. However, doctors there declared him dead. Later, the Puranakatak police reached the DHH and sent the body for postmortem. Meanwhile, the body of Anupama Prajapati (27), who fell into the Ghoghara nullah while taking selfie on a mobile phone at Kanakund in Sundargarh district on Sunday, was recovered from the water body on Monday.
Fire Service personnel fished out the body from the nullah in the morning.Kumbharpada in the Rajgangpur area of the district had visited the tourist spot along with her family members for picnick. Unfortunately, her leg slipped and she fell into the river stream when she was clicking selfies on a mobile phone standing on a rock.