Azamgarh, March 5 -- The festive joy of Holi turned into mourning in a village of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, after two teenage girls tragically drowned in a pond, police said on Thursday.
The incident occurred in Fattanpur Mustafabad village under the Nizamabad police station area when two friends went to bathe in a nearby pond after playing Holi on Wednesday.
The victims have been identified as 14-year-old Anshika and 18-year-old Shivangi.
According to Nizamabad Station House Officer (SHO) Hirendra Pratap Singh, the girls had been celebrating Holi with family members and friends. After playing with colours, they went to the village pond to wash themselves. While bathing, they accidentally moved from the shallow edge toward deeper...