Bhubaneswar, May 19 (). Two minor siblings drowned while taking a bath in a pond in Pipalpur village of Lamtaput block in Odisha’s Koraput district on Friday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Jinu Ladnayak’s 5-year-old son Yogesh and 10-year-old daughter Sathithi. According to the locals, the incident took place when the brother and sister were taking bath in the village pond.
It is feared that both the siblings had reached deep water and died due to drowning. A villager from Pipalpur said that no one was near the pond, hence the unfortunate incident.
When Ladnaik returned home after work, he found that his children were not at home. After waiting for some time, he started searching for children in the village. Later, local residents found the bodies floating, which had been fished out.
After getting the information, the local police reached the village and sent the bodies for postmortem.
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