India News | Odisha: Two Six-year-old Cousins Drown in Pond

Balasore (Odisha) Apr 15 (PTI) Two girls, both aged six, drowned in a pond in Odisha's Balasore district while playing near the water body on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place in Gandhi Chhak in Basta police station area.

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The two cousins were playing near the pond situated behind their house. When they did not return home after a long time, family members started looking for them and found their bodies floating in the water, a police officer said.

They were taken to Basta hospital where a doctor declared them dead, he added.

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