A brother-sister duo was found hanging from a tree under mysterious circumstances at Lodha Sahi under the Betnoti police station in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday.
Locals spotted the bodies of the minor siblings hanging from the tree in the morning and informed police.
Later, the cops rushed to the spot, recovered the bodies and started an investigation into the incident.
The bodies were sent for postmortem and an unnatural death case has been registered by police in this connection.
Though the reason behind their death was yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the two committed suicide. The possible reason behind the suspected extreme step by them was yet to be ascertained. Further probe was ongoing, said police.