A woman tourist from Chhattisgarh drowned while bathing in the sea here on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Minakshi Nayak from Raigarh.
"Six tourists from the Raigarh area of Chhattisgarh were bathing in the Puri sea. Of them, three were swept away in the current of a high tide. We have rescued two persons while the body of a woman was fished out from Blue Flag beach," said Fire Service Officer Dhananjay Mallick.
The body of the deceased tourist was sent to hospital for postmortem. The conditions of the other two tourists were stated to be stable.
As a low pressure area still persists, Fire Service personnel warned tourists against entering into the sea.