Bhagalpur, Aug. 28 -- Three girls drowned while bathing in a tributary of the Ganga river near Dakhli Tola Ghat in Pirpainti area of Bhagalpur district on Friday.
Kahalgaon Sub-Divisional Police Officer (II) Sneh Setu said the deceased were sisters Karishma Kumari (18) and Chanda Kumari (16), daughters of Munna Paswan of Gopalichak village, and their eight-year-old relative Abhilasha Kumari. The three girls had gone to Margang Ghat to bathe in a tributary of the Ganga in the afternoon when they were swept away by the strong current, the police officer said.
Soon after receiving information about the incident, local police and administrative officials, along with a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team, reached the spot and launched a ...