4 Teen Girls Drown While Bathing In Yamuna Near Agra Village
Four teenage girls drowned in the Yamuna near Agra while bathing; two others were rescued by locals and hospitalized. Authorities are investigating the tragic incident involving six girls.
Agra (UP), Jun 3 (PTI) Four teenage girls drowned while bathing in the Yamuna river near Nagla Nathu village here on Tuesday, officials said.
According to police, six girls had entered the river around 10 am for a bath and soon started drowning. Locals managed to rescue two of them, while four drowned. Their bodies were fished out by locals later.
The deceased have been identified as Divya (14), Sandhya (12), Shivani (17), and Naina (14).
The two rescued girls -- Sonam and Muskan -- have been admitted to a nearby hospital.
Agra, Uttar Pradesh: Six teenage girls drowned and died while bathing in the Yamuna River in Sikandra, Agra. The incident caused panic in the village. Police and officials quickly responded, and the bodies were sent for post-mortem. pic.twitter.com/mEHu51pHgh
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A local resident, Dipesh, who witnessed the incident, said he had gone to the river with friends when he noticed the girls drowning.
“They were bathing just a little ahead of us. Suddenly, all of them began to drown. I jumped into the river to save them, but the water was too deep,” he said.
He raised an alarm and alerted the villagers, who rushed to the spot.
“Somehow, we managed to rescue two of the girls, but the others could not be saved,” he added.
District Magistrate, Agra, Arvind Mallappa Bangari, "This is a deeply tragic incident. Four girls have lost their lives. The two others are being treated in the hospital. Senior officials from the administration are present at the hospital and monitoring the situation".
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)
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