Bhubaneswar, April 15 -- In a heart-wrenching incident, two minor schoolgirls lost their lives after a boundary wall of a school collapsed while they were playing on the premises in Odisha's Gajapati district on Wednesday.

The tragic mishap took place at a government upper primary school in Rubudising village under R. Udayagiri police limits. The deceased have been identified as Iranti Rait (9) and Beklesan Rait (10), both residents of the same village. While one was a Class IV student, the other studied in Class V.

According to reports, the girls were playing inside the school campus when the wall suddenly caved in, trapping them underneath. The impact of the collapse was severe, and both sustained critical injuries, leading to their d...