Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Missing Student’s Body Recovered From Odisha’s Rushikulya River
Sumit Kumar Mishra, a 17-year-old student, went to a river to help immerse a Ganesh idol.
The event happened near Pratapur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Friday evening.
Three students were swept away by the river water.
Local people rescued two of them.
Sumit remained missing.
Villagers later found his body about three kilometers away.
Fire Service workers recovered the body and sent it to a health center.
Police are investigating the death, which they have recorded as an unnatural death.
Fire Service personnel recovered the body of 17-year-old Sumit Kumar Mishra from the Rushikulya River in Ganjam district.
Mishra went missing during Ganesh idol immersion near Pratapur on Friday evening.
At least three students were swept away; local residents rescued the other two.
Villagers found Mishra’s body floating near Alarigada, about three kilometers from the incident site.
Police registered an unnatural death case, and the body was handed to the family after an autopsy.
- Who
- Sumit Kumar Mishra, a 17-year-old student of Tara Tarini College, was the deceased student.
- What
- He went missing after being swept away during Ganesh idol immersion, and his body was later recovered from the river.
- When
- The incident occurred on Friday evening; his body was recovered on Saturday, September 19.
- Where
- The incident occurred at the Rushikulya River ghat near Pratapur in Ganjam district, Odisha; the body was found near Alarigada.
- Why
- Mishra and others were immersing a Ganesh idol when the students were swept away by the river.
- Deceased
- Sumit Kumar Mishra, 17
- College
- Tara Tarini College, Purushottampur
- Incident
- Student swept away during Ganesh idol immersion
- River
- Rushikulya River
- Recovery site
- Near Alarigada, approximately three kilometers from the mishap site
- Rescue outcome
- Two other students were rescued by local residents
- Police action
- An unnatural death case was registered and an investigation launched