Two girls taking dip in Ramganga river drowns
Their friends Chainvati and Chhatravati rushed to their rescue but couldn't save them, Superintendent of Police (rural) Satish Kumar said.
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Two girls drowned while taking a dip in the Ramganga river on the occasion of Sharad Poornima Wednesday, police said.
Chhaya, 14, and Priti, 18, were swept away when they had gone to the river as it flowed through Girdhapur village with two of their friends, an official said.
Their friends Chainvati and Chhatravati rushed to their rescue but couldn't save them, Superintendent of Police (rural) Satish Kumar said.
"Some boys who were bathing rushed and pulled Chainvati and Chhatravati out of the fast flowing river," he said.
Fishermen later found the bodies of the deceased, he said.
Both the girls who were rescued were hospitalised, he said.
Kumar said police along with the district administration will hold a meeting with the village pradhans so that a strategy could be chalked out and people do not drown.
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