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Two minor girls drowned in Brahmaputra river in Assam’s South Salmara

| @indiablooms | Jul 17, 2022, at 04:52 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Two minor girls are still missing after they drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district on Saturday.

The incident took place at Solia village area under the South Salmara police station.

According to the reports, three boys and two minor girls on Saturday went to the Brahmaputra river for bathing.

Rituparna Bania, Officer-in-Charge of South Salmara police station, said that a search and rescue operation is going on, but the missing girls are yet to be traced.

“The Gram Panchayat president of Solia village informed us that, three boys and two minor girls went to bathe in the Brahmaputra river. When they were drowning locals rescued three boys, but two minor girls went missing. Now the SDRF team with the help of locals has engaged in search and rescue operation, but yet to trace the missing girls,” the police officer said.

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