The body of a youth missing after a car plunged into the Birupa river was recovered on Thursday morning, a day after the vehicle veered off the IB Road stretch near Pandasahi under Jagatpur police station limits in Cuttack. The car, which was travelling to Cuttack from Bhubaneswar late on Wednesday night, fell nearly 50 feet into the river, leaving one person dead and another critically injured.

The deceased has been identified as Atul, also known as Udit Narayan Sahu, from Lingipur under Dhauli police station in Bhubaneswar. His friend, Anshuman Panda, also from Lingipur, managed to come out of the car, swim to a distance before he was rescued by youths from Nimapur Basti. He was admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in critical condition, reportedly.

As per reports, a

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