Lives Cut Short! Four Minor Girls Drown In Rajasthan’s Bikaner

The victims had gone to fetch water from a pond.

Jaipur: In a tragic incident, four minor girls drowned in a pond in the Nokha area of Rajasthan’s Bikaner district on Saturday, said the police.

The victims have been identified as cousins Shivani Sahni (12), Muskan Sahni (12), nine-year-old Chandni Sahni, and eight-year-old Sonam Sahni. The four had gone to fetch water from the Ranarao pond.

One of the girls slipped and fell into the water. Her cousins jumped in to try and save her but all of them drowned, said the police.

The bodies were handed over to the girls’ family members after post-mortem, they added.

(With PTI inputs)