Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- In a disturbing incident, a man lost his life shortly after performing his father's last rites in Korian village under Town police limits in Dhenkanal district, on Tuesday.

According to sources, 85-year-old Bula Sahu passed away, following which his family took his body to the local cremation ground for the final rites. After completing the cremation, his younger son, Sushant Sahu, went to a pond in the village to bathe, accompanied by his father-in-law and a local resident.

Tragedy struck when Sushant accidentally slipped deep into the water and drowned in the pond. Villagers present nearby rushed to the spot and fished him out of the water, and immediately took him to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) i...