Cuttack, July 18: A youth was suspected missing in the Mahanadi as a lone bike was found on the Mundali bridge at Odisha’s Cuttak on Saturday.

Police & Fire Services launched a search operation in the river to trace the missing one identified as Tukuna Sahu of the Krushnapur area in Banki, finding clues from his family.

According to reports, bystanders informed police after observing that a man abruptly parked his bike on the Mundali Bridge over the Mahanadi who at once went vanished.

Following this,the lone & unclaimed bike raised suspicion that the youth might have jumped off the bridge into the deep water.

Baranga and Athagarh police reached the spot and began an investigation into the incident while the fire fighters team initiated a search operation to trace the man, maybe in the water.