A woman and her niece drowned in the Harabhangi Dam near Budhadiha village in Paniganda gram panchayat under the Adaba police station in Gajapati district on Friday evening.
The deceased were identified as Ibani Mandal and Ismanjali Sabar.
As per information, Ibani and Ismanjali to take bath in the dam but did not return. Worried, their family members launched a frantic search but in vain. On Saturday morning, some locals spotted two bodies floating in the dam and immediately called up the Adaba police. Soon after, the police along with a firefighting team from Mohana reached the spot and recovered the bodies.
The families identified the bodies following which police filed a case in connection with the incident and initiated an inquiry.
