Puri, Oct 12: In an unfortunate incident, a youth identified as Sunil Dakua, an instructor of the local parasailing club is suspected to have drowned in the sea near the Panthanivas in Puri today morning while he was bathing in the sea along with his friends.
As per the information from Fire Brigade personnel Sushant Kumar Sahu, on receiving the information, the team rushed to spot along with a lifeguard commander and three others and began the search operation to find Sunil. However, they could not trace him and later reported the incident to the Sea Beach Police station.
In a similar incident, the lifeguards saved four Engineering students from drowning near Digabarini in Zone 1.