Uttar Pradesh: Two minor sisters drown in pond

The children were bathing in the village pond when they slipped into the deep waters and drowned.

Maharajganj: Two minor sisters drowned while bathing in a pond in the Paniyara area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Atish Kumar Singh said the victims were identified as seven-year-old Ananya and her five-year-old sister Janvi of the Jungal Barahara village.

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The children were bathing in the village pond when they slipped into the deep waters and drowned, he added.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the officer said.