Two children of the Mahanga area in Cuttack district drowned while taking bath in a village pond on Monday.
The children were identified as Daitari Sethy (7) and Subhadra Sethy (5) of Aminabad village under Kuhunda panchayat in Mahanga block.
According to reports, the children were missing since morning. Family members started searching for them in different places of the village. At 1.30 pm, some villagers found the bodies of the tiny tots floating in a village pond.
The villagers recovered the body from the pond and informed the police about the incident. The police staff of the Kumuda-Jeypore outpost under the Mahanga police station reached the spot and started an inquiry into the case.