Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28 -- A teacher met with a watery grave in river Mahanadi while trying to save two of his students from drowning near 'Smashana Tutha' at Kantilo under Khandapara block in Nayagarh district on Wednesday.

The teacher has been identified as Saroj Kumar Das (32). He hailed from Sankhapada village under Mahakalapada block in Kendrapara district.

As per reports, Saroj was a teacher at a private coaching centre. He along with his colleagues and students had gone to Nilamadhav in Kantilo on Tuesday night. When some of them were bating in the Mahanadi on Wednesday morning, two of the students went into deep water.

In a bid to save the students from drowning, Saroj also plunged into deep water. However, he himself drowned in d...