India, April 27 -- In a series of heartbreaking incidents, six persons, including four minors, lost their lives to drowning across Odisha on Sunday.

In Cuttack, a 13-year-old boy drowned while bathing in the Kathajodi river with three friends. The victim, identified as Suryakant Majhi from the Khannagar area, lost control and was swept away by the river current. Despite efforts by locals to rescue him, Suryakant was pulled from the river and later declared dead at the hospital.

In a separate incident in Nayagarh district, three minor boys drowned in a village pond at Godibida under the jurisdiction of Dasapalla police station. The deceased were identified as 11-year-old Umakanta Nayak of Godibida village, 11-year-old Ritesh Pradhan of ...