The two men were reported to have drowned when they went to take bath in the river near Kokilamukh Shanti Ashram, Jorhat SP Prasanta Bhuyan said.
They were identified as Debojit Dutta (30) who hails from Napamua Gaon and Sanjib Neog (29) from Patia Gaon, Bhuyan said adding both of them were among a 10-member picnic party.
The police, CRPF, SDRF have been pressed into service to find out what happened to the youths, Bhuyan said.
In another incident, the Jorhat-Tinsukia passenger train ran over a man opposite to Tocklai Tea Research Institute in the evening when the victim was trying to cross an unmanned gate in Jorhat.
He has been identified as Jamal Ansari (30), the railway police said.
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