Two women meet watery grave while bathing in ditch filled with rainwater

Baripada: Two women of a family drowned while taking bath in a ditch filled with rainwater in Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened at Makund village in Morada police station area.

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The villagers rescued them and took them to the Betnoti Hospital where doctors declared them dead, said Kuni Besra, inspector in-charge of the Moroda police station.

The women were identified as Jamuna Hembram (55) and Salge Hembram (48).

Police have registered a case of unnatural death and sent the bodies to PRM Medical College and Hospital in Baripada for postmortem.

(PTI)