Pauri, March 4 A 19-year-old man from Bihar is feared to have drowned in the Alaknanda river here on Wednesday, according to an official.
According to his friends, Deepak Kumar was under the influence of alcohol and attempted to cross the river, going into deep waters, after which he went missing, Manohar Kanyal, in charge of the SDRF in Srinagar, said.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police teams rushed to the spot upon receiving information in the evening and launched a search operation, he said.
The incident occurred when Kumar, from the Darbhanga district in Bihar, had gone to the river near Kamleshwar ghat in the Srinagar area along with his friends.
The people accompanying him are daily wage laborers, and he was likely in the area for work, the official added.
Search operations were carried out in the Kirti Nagar area, but no trace was found. The search will resume on Thursday morning, he added.