A 26-year-old man drowned and five persons went missing while bathing in the Ramdaha waterfall in Korea district in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
A group of 15 people from Singrauli district of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh had arrived for a picnic at the waterfall under the Kotadol police station limits, Korea Superintendent of Police Trilok Bansal said.
A team of district administration and police was rushed to the spot and a rescue operation was launched. Two of the seven persons were traced by rescuers and were shifted to a nearby hospital while efforts are underway to trace five others, he said.
Of the two persons- a man and a woman- pulled out of the water, Ratnesh Singh (26) was declared dead at the hospital while the woman is out of danger, the officer said.
Despite a caution, board placed at the spot requesting people not to take bath in the waterfall, the tourists went into deep waters, he added.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has expressed grief over the incident and instructed the Korea District Collector to monitor the rescue operation.