Keonjhar, Jul 29 (PTI) Two kids drowned in a pond in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened in Nakjhari village in the Ghatgaon police station area, they said.

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Amrita, 6, and Bhumika, 7, were playing near the village pond while returning home from school when the incident happened, they added.

Police said a case of unnatural death has been registered, and the post-mortem examinations would be done on Wednesday.

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