Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, two minor girls died after accidentally falling into a water-filled pit at Kalapada village under Goshala police outpost in Sambalpur district on Friday.
The mishap occurred when the girl duo aged 3 years was playing near the pit which was dug out in the neighbourhood for storing water for the construction of a building.
The deceased have been identified as Nisha Mahanand and Isha Chatriya.
When the family members of the two girls could not see them for two hours, they launched a frantic search. Later, the body of one of them found floating in the pit.
Goshala outpost police seized the bodies and launched a probe into the matter.