Jamshedpur, May 24 (PTI) Two toddlers drowned in a water-filled ditch in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Saturday, a police officer said.

The victims were identified as Rashmita Sardar (3) and her cousin Ashish Sardar (18 months).

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The incident took place when the victims ran behind ducks and fell in the ditch in Phuljhari village under Kowali police station, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station Dhananjay Paswan said.

A villager saw the kids and raised an alarm following which villagers rushed to rescue them, the police officer said.

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They were taken to nearby nursing home where doctors declared them brought dead.

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