Five girls, all minor, drowned in two separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours while three others are missing, police said on Friday.
Three girls drowned while two of their friends went missing after they ventured into a dam at Ghana village in Sagar, nearly 70 kms from the district headquarters.
A group of seven girls, all minors, entered Bakauri dam to bath around 11 am. As soon as they moved into the deep water, all of them started to drown, Devri tehsil Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Pancham Raj said.
Three of them - Bhag Bai Ahirwar (16), Sonam Ahirwar (12) and Neha Ahirwar (11) - drowned, he said.
Those who went missing were also named Neha Ahirwar and Radha Ahirwar.
In the second incident in Jhabhua, two minor girls drowned in a rain-fed drain at Hedhva village of the district last evening.
- PTI
