Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (PTI) An Indian Navy diving team saved the life of an injured 20-year-old man from the sea near the Niladri beach in Odisha's Puri, an official said on Tuesday.

The diving team was carrying out a recce of the beach in the morning, when they heard a distress call from a youth, whose knees were fractured after being struck by a rock while swimming, he said.

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Two divers rushed for help and rescued him, the Navy official said.

They took him to a nearby naval ambulance point, and then to the Puri hospital for treatment.

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The man has been identified as Pintu Pujari.

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