After more than 24 hours, despite a massive search operation, the Fire Services and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force(ODRAF) personnel are yet to trace a man, who went missing after jumping into Kathajodi river following an altercation with his wife on Wednesday afternoon.
The man was identified as Debabrata Mohapatra, a resident of Karanja village under the Niali police station in Cuttack district.
According to eyewitness accounts, Debabrata was passing over Kathajodi bridge by his motorcycle along with his wife when the couple had an argument.
Suddenly, he stopped on the bridge and jumped into the river. “We were just passing over the bridge when we saw the husband and wife engaged in an altercation.