Sundargarh: In a tragic incident, two brothers died after they drowned while taking bath in a pond in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.

As per information, the incident took place at Jhupurunga village under Gopalpur panchayat under the jurisdiction of Hemgiri police station in the district. The deceased have been identified as Chitta Makar and Debasish Makar of the village. ADVERTISEMENT

Locals said younger brother, Debasish, slipped into deep water while bathing in the pond on Friday afternoon. Seeing him struggle, Chitta, who was standing on the bank, immediately jumped in to rescue him but tragically drowned as well.

On being informed, fire services personnel rushed to the site and carried out a search operation and recovered Debasish’s body late Friday night, while Chitta’s body was r

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