Four Children Drowned In Odisha's Kalahandi and Khurda

Kalahandi: In a tragic incident, four children allegedly died by drowning in two separate incidents in Odisha 's Khurda and Kalahandi districts on Tuesday. 

According to police, in Khurda, a 13-year-old girl and her younger brother drowned while they were bathing in a pond. 

“The incident happened in the morning in Subala village in the Balianta police station area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The deceased were identified as Subhashree Jena and her brother Bhagirathi Jena (9),” police said. 

Two Drown To Death In Khurda

Subhashree and Bhagirathi were rescued and taken to the Capital Hospital, where the doctors declared them dead, police said.

In Kalahandi, two girls drowned in the Sandol river while they were bathing. The incident happened in Bilat village in Narla block, they said.

Two Drown To Death In Kalahandi

The deceased girls were identified as Naina Durga (17) and Rinki Harijan (16). Their bodies were brought out of the river by fire services personnel.

A case of unnatural death was registered and the bodies were sent for post-mortem examinations, police said.

Earlier, in a tragic incident, two students lost their lives while immersing an idol of Lord Biswakarma at the Kathapala check dam in the Mayurbhanj district under the jurisdiction of the Betnoti police station on Tuesday. The victims have been identified as Thakur Soren from Bhandan village and Bhagya Prakash Patra from Badagaon village. A group of students had gathered to immerse the idol when Bhagya accidentally slipped and began to drown. In an attempt to save him, Thakur jumped into the check dam, but sadly, both were swept away by the strong currents and drowned.