Body of the third minor boy, who had drowned in Devi river near Machhgaon in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday, was recovered by Fire Service personnel on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Subham Patra (16), who hailed from Bhubaneswar.
The boy along with two friends had slipped into deep water while taking bath near Machhgaon under the Balikuda police limits. On Monday, two bodies had been recovered by evening. The search was underway to trace the third boy.
Four boys had gone to the river for bath and three of them were swept away in the strong water current. The earlier two deceased boys were Satyajit Barik (16) of Ambashala village and Swabhiman Barik (16) of Chandrapada village. The third boy was a son of Kuna Patra in Bhubaneswar and a Class-IX student.
Sources said locals had prevented the boys from entering into the river. Without paying any heed to their advice, three of them went into the river and the fourth, Tapan Martha, started recording the scene on his mobile phone. After a while, the trio drowned one after another. The fourth one, who was shooting through his phone, called for assistance from locals to save his friends.
However, local youths could not see anyone in the water after they reached the incident site.
The Balikuda police with help of Fire Service personnel rescued Satyajit following long hours of search operation in the river. They took him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead. After some time, the rescue team fished out the second body from the water.