Two teenaged girls were found dead at a house in Odisha's Balasore district but the cause of their death is yet to be known, police said today.
The girls, both friends, were identified as Priyanka Das of Biripada village and Laxmipriya Das of nearby Tentei under the jurisdiction of Soro police station. Both were Class 10 students in a nearby high school, they said.
Priyanka had gone to Lacmipriy's house yesterday to study together for a school examination.
Both the girls were in a motionless state when Laxmipriya's mother entered the room late last night after which the family members raised an alarm and took them to hospital where they were declared "brought dead".
Inspector In-Charge of Soro police station, Khyama Sagar Panda said a police team was sent to the hospital and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
An investigation is on, he said.