Jajpur, Mar 16: In a shocking incident, two girl children died drowning in a pond in Balunga Bandi gaon under the Jajpur road police station limits in Jajpur district this afternoon. 

The two deceased children are aged about five years.   

According to the information, the two children had gone to play but didn't return home. Family members and villagers searched for them a lot but didn't find them. After an hour, they found the bodies of the two kids floating in the pond. They were taken to the Danagadi Community Health Centre soon. However, they were declared dead there. 

On being informed, a team of Jajpur Road police reached the medical and sent the bodies for postmortem.