Malkangiri (Odisha), Oct 9 (PTI) Two siblings drowned in a pond in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Saturday, police said.

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The incident took place at Manga village under the Podakonda panchayat when six-year-old Rajeswari Padiami and three-year-old Sivani slipped into the pond, a police officer said.

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The minors were playing near the village waterbody when their parents were busy with work there.

"Unfortunately, the girls slipped into the pond and drowned. Local villages took them to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead," he added.

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