A Class-IX girl, Anita Mallick, went missing while taking a bath in the Atharabanki river on the outskirt of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday,
Even though a search operation was on, the girl was yet to be traced, police said.
Report said that Anita, a student of the NAC High School along with a few friends, had gone to the Atharabanki river near Substation Chhak for taking bath on the occasion of Khudurukuni Puja.
But while taking a dip she was dragged by an undercurrent and swept away. Anita’s friends made an attempt to rescue, her but they failed.
Later, CISF personnel from Paradip and local residents launched a search operation to trace the girl, but they also failed.
Later, Paradip Adarsha police and Fire Service personnel began an operation which was still continuing till filing of the report.