Three students were washed away while taking bath in a canal in the Kendrapada Canal at Jagatpur on the city outskirts on Monday.
While two of the three were rescued, one was missing.The three students from Nanakara village had gone to the canal in the morning. While they were taking bath, they were swept away in the strong currents of the water.
Being informed, the fire and ODRAF teams reached the spot and managed to rescue two students from the water. The search operation is underway to trace the third one in the canal.