India, Sept. 5 -- Bhubaneswar: In a tragic mishap, a 12 year-old boy died after drowning in a canal reportedly while creating content for a reel in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The deceased minor was identified as Prakash Sethi of Damana village.
As per reports, Prakash along with six other friends had gone to the canal nearby to take bath. Locals nearby asked them to abstain from gimmicks as the water flow was very strong due to incessant rains.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the boys did not pay heed to warnings and wanted to film a slow motion reel of jumping into the water body. The group went ahead and one after the other, took leaps into the canal. While some of them managed to come back to the canal bank, Prakash slipped into a deeper sect...