Bhubaneswar, Nov. 2 -- Two minor boys went missing while bathing in the Kathajodi River near Khannagar in Odisha's Cuttack on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at around 8.30 am and has raised concern among locals as rescue operations continued at the time of reporting.

According to reports, the missing boys are residents of the Bhagatpur area. They had gone to the river after attending a kirtan and later played cricket nearby. When the ball fell into the water, two of the boys entered the river to retrieve it but got trapped in the sand and went missing.

Following the incident, locals alerted the police and the Fire Department. Two teams from the Fire Services reached the spot and launched a search operation to trace the missing bo...