Godda, March 30 Two brothers drowned in a pond in the Godda district of Jharkhand on Monday, police said.
The incident occurred in Ghat Banka village, under the Muffasil Police Station. The victims were 12 and 10 years old, they said.
DSP Muffasil, JPN Chaudhary, said, "The bodies of the two children have been sent for post-mortem examination at Sadar Hospital, Godda. According to information, the two had gone to play after returning from school."
The father of the deceased, Dinesh Pandit, said that both his children had come home from school at 3 pm, and thereafter they went out to play. By 5 pm, they had not returned. After that, he, along with others, started searching for them.
During the search, the body of one child was seen floating in the pond. Subsequently, the body of the second child was also recovered from the pond, he said.
A case of unnatural death (UD) has been lodged at the police station.