Three minor children, including a girl, drowned while taking bath in a pond at Brahmapura village under Jaleswar block in Baleswar district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Nisha Khatun (12), Aman Khan (11) and Habibulla Khan (9). The bodies were recovered and sent to the local hospital for autopsies.Nisha and Aman had come with their father Muktar Khan from Kolkata to attend a marriage party.In another such tragic incident, two siblings on Thursday drowned while they were taking bath in a Jora (rivulet) near Badaanko village under the Ali police station in Kendrapada district.
The deceased, identified as Chittaranjan Behera (14) and his sister Subhashree (5), were the children of Sanatan Behera of Badaanko village.Sources said the water current dragged Sbhashree inside the Jora. Seeing her sister drowning, Chittaranjan went to rescue her and also drowned. Though the Ali fire brigade personnel rushed to rescue them, the children had died by the time they reached there. The bodies were sent to the Ali CHC for autopsy, informed police sources.
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