Nabarangpur (Odisha), Aug 11 (PTI) Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Maliguda village in Odisha's Nabarangpur district today, police said.

The girls, aged 5 and 3 years, had gone to the pond to take a bath and both slipped deep into the water and drowned, they said.

Their bodies were fished out of the water body and police is investigating the incident.

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