Agra (Uttar Pradesh): Two young girls died after falling into an open drain in the Dhanauli area in Agra on Wednesday evening. The girls were identified as six-year-old Nisha, daughter of Kale Khan and five-year-old Alfia, daughter of Sharif Khan.
The victims left home around 5:30 pm on Wednesday to watch a marriage procession. The two children slipped and fell into a 10-feet-deep drain in the dark, ACP Malpura Rajiv Sirohi said.
After the incident occurred, the Malpura police station in-charge reached the spot along with other officials. Along with frantic family members of the victims, a huge crowd had gathered at the spot as officials began to recover the girls who were pulled out using a JCB. The district hospital doctors declared the girls dead.