Two minor girls drowned in a river in Maharastra

Two minor girls drowned today in a river in Maharashtra's Raigad district neighboring Mumbai, the police said. Matiya Patel (9) and Tayiba Tade (7) fell into the river while playing in Kalamb village in Karjat taluka of the district, around 100 km from here, according to police.

Tade's mother was washing clothes at the time of the mishap, police said. The bodies of the girls were fished out after a two-hour search. A case of accidental death was registered by the police, a police official said.

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