Odisha: 2 students drown during immersion of Lord Vishwakarma's idol
Eight class 12 students of a private school went to immerse idol, and two of them slipped into the waterbody and drowned.
Press Trust of India | September 17, 2024 | 08:33 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Two school students drowned during the immersion of an idol of Lord Vishwakarma idol in a waterbody in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened at the reservoir of a dam near Kathpal village in the Betnoti police station area, they said. The deceased were identified as Thakur Soren (18) and Bhagyaprakash Patra (18), they added.
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Eight class 12 students of a private school went to immerse idol, and two of them slipped into the waterbody and drowned. Later, fire services personnel fished out the bodies, said Betnoti's SDPO Sudarsan Dash. A case of unnatural death was registered and the bodies were sent to the PRM Medical College and Hospital in Baripada for post-mortem examinations, he said.
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