Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- The bodies of two minors, aged 13 and 17 years old, were recovered from a pond after they drowned while they were playing with their friends near the water body in Radhaballavpur village under Basudevpur Municipality of Bhadrak district on Sunday.

According to reports, Rajendra Behera (17) and Jyotirmaya Behera (13) were playing when their legs slipped and they fell into the pond and subsequently drowned. Hearing their wails, nearby locals jumped to their rescue and managed to pull one of them out of the water.

A frantic search was on to locate another of them but in vain. A few minutes later fire department officials reached the scene and retrieved the body. Following this, both were rushed to the hospital, wher...