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A tragic incident unfolded at Ali Sanamang village in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Wednesday, when a 12-year-old boy drowned in a pond. The victim, Ayushman Jena, had travelled to the village with his family to attend a relative's shuddhikriya (purification ritual).
Following the completion of the dashah kriya (tenth-day ritual), Ayushman went to bathe in a nearby pond with his friends. While swimming, he reportedly slipped underwater and failed to resurface. As the children screamed for help, villagers rushed to the spot and began searching frantically for the boy.
After an intense search, villagers managed to pull Ayushman...