Vikash Sharma

Nabarangpur: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Dangasila village under Tentulikhunti block in Nabarangpur district on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Tabha Jani (14) daughter of Lalu Jani and Uma Jani (6), daughter of Birsingh Jani.

As per reports, both the girls had reported gone to attend nature’s call when the mishap occurred. Uma first slipped into the pond and later Tabha also got drowned while trying to rescue the former.

After getting information about the mishap, locals launched a massive search operation but failed to rescue the girls. Later, the bodies were fished out from the pond by a team of Odisha Fire Services personnel.

The bodies of both the minor girls have been sent for post-mortem and a case has been registered in this connection.

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