Clicking selfie near a river cost a youth dear as he fell into the water body while doing so near the Gupteswar temple in Koraput district on Monday.
According to reports, Ritik Achari, a +3 student of the Boipariguda Degree College, had gone to the shrine with his friends. While he was taking a selfie with a mobile phone near river Kolab, he slipped and fell into the river and got carried away by water current.
Being informed, Fire Services personnel and an ODRAF team reached the site and launched a rescue operation. Till last reports came in, the youth was yet to be traced.