Udupi (Karnataka), Oct 26 Two girls drowned after accidentally slipping into a pond in this district while washing clothes, police said on Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Sunitha (13) and Vaishali (13).
Both girls, who were studying in Class 7 at the Hosaadu government school, lived with their families in a hut at Mullikatte, they said.
According to police, the incident occurred at Hosaadu village near Kundapura at around 4 pm on Sunday when five children from the hut had gone to Kadubin Kere (pond) at Kopparige Gudde to wash clothes.
While washing clothes on the bank, Sunitha and Vaishali slipped and fell into the water and drowned, a senior police officer said.
Locals informed the authorities, following which a team of divers led by Gangolli-based expert Dinesh Kharvi, emergency response unit, Kundapura fire service personnel and police rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies.
Gangolli police station PSI Pawan Naik and his staff visited the site and are investigating the incident.
(PTI News)
