Satish Aditya
Motihari : Five girls, all below 12 years, of village Murgiyatola in Ahirauliya panchayat underRamgarhwa police station (PS) in East Champaran District in North Bihar, drowned to death in a villge pond on August 24, 2021. Police sent the bodies for post-mortem to Sadar hospital, Motihari. The girls aged between 8 to 12 years had gone near a village pond with goats for grazing.
Kamlesh Singh, ASI, Ramgarhwa PS, said that deceased were identified as Suggi Kumari, Sarita Kumari, Kaushalya Kumari, Sima Kumari, and Shobha Kumari, all natives of village Murgiyatola. They had gone to take bath in a pond during which Suggi Kumari slipped into deep water and started drowning. The rest four girls too went into deep water one by one in order to save her but unfortunately all of them drowned, police. Murgiyatola is a flood affected village.
Bhikhari Das, Mukhiya of Ahirauliya panchayat, said police with support of locals fished out the bodies in presence of Circle Inspector Sunil kumar and sent bodies for autopsy.