Father and uncle of 12-year-old girl drown while trying to save her
The father and uncle of a 12-year-old girl drowned in a river while trying to save her in Madhya Pradeshs Ratlam district on Saturday, police said. Her father and uncle jumped into the water and saved her, but both of them drowned, he said.Their bodies were subsequently retrieved, the official said.
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The father and uncle of a 12-year-old girl drowned in a river while trying to save her in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Saturday, police said. The incident took place in the Shipra river at Dadiyakhedi village, said Alot police station in-charge Dinesh Kumar Bhojak.
The girl fell into the water during a religious ritual on the riverbank. Her father and uncle jumped into the water and saved her, but both of them drowned, he said.
Their bodies were subsequently retrieved, the official said.
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