Agartala, May 18 -- Minor brother and sister drowned to death near the International School in the Chanmari area of Agartala on Sunday.
Police said Prasenjit Debnath (6) and his sister Priyanka Debnath (4), children of Krishna Debnath, had gone out to play near their home in the Purba Chanmari area on Saturday afternoon, but they did not return home.
The anxious parents of the children looked for them in nearby areas and also informed police. There was, however, no trace of the missing children.
This morning two workers engaged in the construction of a building near the school saw two entangled dead bodies of the children in a shallow pit dug for sinking a water pump.
The police came to the spot after being informed and recovered the ...