2 minor cousins meet watery grave in Odisha

Aul: In a tragic incident, two minor children, who happened to be cousins, met watery grave at Dankari village under Rajkanika block in Kendrapada district today.

Sources said the two kids, a boy and a girl, aged about 5 years were playing near their house this afternoon. All of a sudden, the two slipped into a nearby pond and drowned.

As the kids did not turn up till late, their family members started searching for them here and there. Later, bodies of the two were recovered from a pond in the backyard of their house.

Further details are awaited.