A week after a 10-year-old boy drowned in the Kharkai, an 18-year-old boy drowned in the same river along Bagbera thana area on Sunday.

The victim, identified as Raju Das, drowned while taking a bath in the river. He was a resident of Gandhi Nagar, an urban slum in the suburban Bagbera locality.

Some residents who were present near the river while Raju was drowning, tried to save him, but failed.

The victim's father, Prakash Das rushed to the spot to locate his son, failing which, he informed Barbara thana. The police recovered the body after local divers were hired for the task.

The OC of Bagbera thana, Rajesh Kumar Singh, confirmed about the drowning of a teenager in Kharkai.

"From the statement of the family members, it was learnt that the victim had gone to the river to take a bath and drowned. We recovered the body having pressed a couple of local divers and have sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem, "said Singh to The Telegraph Online.

A local resident, Bijay Gope, said the spot where the youth drowned is a dangerous point where people do not venture in fear of drowning.

"It appeared as if the youth wanted to take a bath in a spot where there was deep water. But while preferring a deep water zone, he drowned, "said Gope to The Telegraph Online.