Two minors drown in Jashpur pond

Raipur: A pall of gloom descended onBisbaharivillage under Bagicha police station limits ofJashpurdistrict after two minor boys died due to drowning in a local pond.The teens have been identified as Goldie Toppo, 7, and Anis Toppo, 8. According to police, the children had gone missing on Saturday. The police launched a search operation after the family members filed a missing person's report.According to thepolice,thebodieswere recoveredfrom the village pond on Sunday. The police have shifted the bodies for post-mortem.According to preliminary information, both children had gone to bathe in a pond when the incident occurred.