Two Telugu youngsters of the city were feared drowned in the Mahanadi at Gadagadia Ghat here on Sunday afternoon.
While the rescue teams of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) fished out the body of B Venkat Rao (15) from water, there was no trace of the other missing youth Jaga Rao (23) till this report was prepared.
Police said at least three boys of the Telugu community accompanying a religious procession of Solapua Maa deity had entered into the waters for bathing at around 2 pm. Soon, all of them got drowned, police said, adding that while one of them managed to swim back to the shore, Venkat and Jaga went missing.