Puri: In a heart wrenching incident, a man went missing after being washed away by waves in front of his minor son in sea at Puri on Saturday.
According to reports, one Bansidhar Behera of Balasore had come to the Pilgrim City for a visit along with his family members. They went to the sea to take bath.
Bansidhar and his minor son were taking bath during which a wave came and Bansidhar went missing after he jumped into the wave. Video of the unfortunate incident, captured by one of his relatives on the mobile phone, has gone viral now.
Two tourists -Nishant Goyal and Himanshu Kumar of Jharkhand- were also being swept away by the wave. However, both of them were rescued by the lifeguards deployed on the beach. Currently, they are undergoing treatment at the district headquarter hospital.
Meanwhile efforts are on to trace Bansidhar.
Ms Kalinga