India News | Siblings Die of Downing in Odisha's Ganjam District
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two minor siblings died of drowning, while another minor girl missed death by a whisker on Thursday, while playing near a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.
Berhampur (Odisha), Jul 25 (PTI) Two minor siblings died of drowning, while another minor girl missed death by a whisker on Thursday, while playing near a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.
The incident happened in Marei Naugaon under the jurisdiction of Khallikote police station, a police officer said.
The deceased children were identified as Sudip (6) and his three-year-old sister Roshani.
They were children of Rajendra Sabar, a labourer in the same village, the officer said.
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The villagers said the children were playing near the village pond and might have accidentally slipped into the water body.
They, however, managed to rescue the two-year-old girl, a neighbour of the deceased.
She was taken to the community health center (CHC) in Khallikote and her condition was stated to be stable.
A case of unnatural death has been registered in this connection and an investigation is underway, the inspector-in-charge of Khallikote police station, Naresh Sahu, said.
The bodies have been handed over to their parents after a post-mortem examination, he said.
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