3 girls drown in Ganga

Three minor girls of a family drowned while taking bath in the Ganga river at a village here Tuesday, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred at Nandi Ghat in Dugauli

village when five members of a family had gone to take bath at the river, Superintendent of Police Mirzapur Asheesh Kumar said. While the three girls drowned, two others swam to

safety, the SP said. A police team soon rushed to the spot and started

looking for them. A net was spread in the afternoon and the bodies were fished out, he said.

He said they were identified as Anshika (9), Sandhya (14) and Bably (13). The bodies have been sent for autopsy.