6 UP children drown in 2 separate cases, 4 others and woman rescued | India News – Times of India

AGRA/MEERUT: Six young girls drowned in ponds in two separate incidents in Agra And Shahjahanpur districts in western UP over the weekend, police said Sunday. All victims were between 10 and 16 years old.
Four girls drowned while four others children goods saved of a pond near the Yamuna Expressway in Agra around 10:30 am on Sunday. The girls were washing clothes in the pond when children who were bathing nearby went into the deep end and started drowning.A woman tried to save them but also began to drown. Alert children playing cricket nearby raised the alarm, prompting a house guard and a passerby to rescue the woman and four children. The bodies of the four drowned girls were later found.
Agra ACP Sukanya Sharma said, “Three rescued children are being treated at the hospital. The girls who drowned, Hina, Khushi, Chandni and Riya, were around 10 to 12 years old. Their bodies have been sent for autopsy.”
In the second incident, a 13-year-old girl and her 16-year-old sister drowned while walking their dog in heavy rain in Rajanpur village, Shahjahanpur, on Saturday.