Baripada, Sep 17 (PTI) 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.

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The deceased were identified as Thakur Soren (18) and Bhagyaprakash Patra (18), they added.

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.

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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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