Archive · 3 Sep 2025
Odisha Woman Fakes Drowning, Found With Lover
Imagine a woman who was married.
One day, she pretended to fall into a river to make people think she drowned.
Everyone was very worried, and the search teams looked for her for days.
But, she wasn't really in the river!
She had gone to stay with her boyfriend in another city.
The police found them, and now they're trying to figure out why she did this.
The people in her village are shocked because they thought she was gone.
Now the police are asking her lots of questions about what happened and whether she planned this out in advance.
A woman from Cuttack district faked her drowning in the Mahanadi River.
Her belongings were found, leading villagers to believe she had drowned.
Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and fire services searched for three days.
Police found the woman in Puri with her lover.
Police are investigating the woman for staging her disappearance.
- Who
- A married woman (Swati) and her lover.
- What
- The woman staged her own drowning.
- When
- Monday morning; found in Puri on Tuesday night.
- Where
- Mahanadi River (staged); Puri (found).
- Why
- To elope with her lover.
- Main Subject
- Woman from Cuttack district
- Location of Staged Event
- Mahanadi River
- Discovery Location
- Puri
- Agency Involved
- Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Fire Service
- Reason
- To elope with lover