India News | Two Women Drown While Bathing in Ditch Filled with Rainwater

Baripada (Odisha), Jun 16 (PTI) Two women of a family drowned while taking bath in a ditch filled with rainwater in Odishas Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened at Makund village in Morada police station area.

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The villagers rescued them and took them to the Betnoti Hospital where doctors declared them dead, said Kuni Besra, inspector in-charge of the Moroda police station.

The women were identified as Jamuna Hembram (55) and Salge Hembram (48).

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Police have registered a case of unnatural death and sent the bodies to PRM Medical College and Hospital in Baripada for postmortem.

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