2 girls drowned in river Ganga in Pratapgarh, 2 saved

Prayagraj: In a tragic incident, two minor girls were feared drowned and lives of two others were saved by the swimmers at Shahabad Ganga ghat under the limits of Manikpur police station of Pratapgarh district on Thursday morning when a group of four minor girls along with families had gone to take dip in Ganga on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
Deputy SP (Kunda) Jitendra Singh Parihar told TOI that two girls, identified as Radha alias Sangeeta (12) and Begum (13), were feared drowned at the ghat when they had entered into deep water while bathing.
He said alert swimmers managed to save the lives of two other girls, Anjali (10) and Priyanka (11), residents of Antamau village.
DSP further added a group of four girls along with their family members had gone to take bath at the Ganga ghat. All these four girls entered into deep water zone while enjoying bathing and started drowning. An alert swimmer Arjun noticed them drowning and jumped into water to save them.
He managed to save Anjali and Priyanka while the lives of Begun and Sangeeta could not be saved.
Upon being alerted, a team of Kunda police along with swimmers rushed to the spot . A drive was underway to fish out the bodies of two girls feared drowned.