In a tragic mishap, a minor boy and his minor sister drowned while taking bath in the Sibamahara nullah, a tributary of Baitarani river at Muagan in the Chandbali area in Bhadrak district.
The ill-fated siblings were identified as Subham Das (12) and Monalisa Das (9) of Muan village in Chandbali block.
The bodies were later fished out of the water body and sent to the District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem.