Keonjhar, Nov 24: In a spree to take selfies near the Karo river in Keonjhar district a youth went missing on Thursday. The youth was identified as Tarashankar Sarkar of Arambagh area of West Bengal. 

According to sources, Sarkar was a Post graduate student in Environmental Science of Asutosh college in Kolkata. He along with 37 students and five tourists had stayed in Hotel Adhar regency in Bolani area. 

They had gone for sight-seeing to the dense forests in Pundul area on Thursday. In order to click photographs from different angles Tara and another student went near the edges. Due to carelessness, Tarashankar's leg slipped and he fell into the deep water of the river. 

One of the students went to rescue Tarashankar but lost control and drowned. However, he could be rescued with the help of other students but Tarashankar could not be traced down. 

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Locals informed police and fire brigade and the rescue operation to find Tarashankar is underway.