A 24-year-old youth from Balangir district, Sourabh Sambit Tripathy, was found dead in a power canal near the Chipilima Hydro Electric Project on Saturday morning.

Sourabh had gone missing from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, on October 22. He had admitted his critically ill mother to the hospital and vanished from the premises around 10 p.m. that night. Before disappearing, he sent a message to his mother expressing emotional distress over her deteriorating health.

His family filed a missing complaint at Burla police station. Based on the message, authorities suspected he might have jumped into the canal. Police and fire services launched a search operation on Friday. After hours of combing the area, they recovered his body near the Chipilim

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