Bhubaneswar: In a tragic mishap, a nine-year-old boy drowned in the Kushei river at Nuagarh under Anandpur area in Keonjhar district early this morning.

The deceased boy was identified as Shubham Rout of Nuagarh.

According to reports, Shubham was floating a symbolic boat at Nuagarh Ghat on the occasion of Kartik Purnima when he slipped into the river and took watery grave.

A pal of gloom descended in the village following the sorrowful incident.