Five people drowned while taking bath in ponds and rivers in different parts of Odisha after celebrating Holi on Wednesday, police said.
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Two brothers drowned while taking bath in the Brahmani river in Kendrapada district. They got caught in the river current at Musadhia in the Pattamundai police station area.
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A boy drowned in the Chitrapola river in the Salipur area of Cuttack while bathing, police said.
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A girl drowned in a pond in the Soro area of the Balasore district. Similarly, a man drowned while bathing in the village pond in Kandhapalli in the Sadar police area of Bolangir.
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A man went missing while taking bath in Mahanadi near Choudwar in Cuttack. A search is on to rescue him, officials said.