Two girls were feared drowned
in the Burhi Gandak river while one woman was saved by the boatmen when they had gone to take bath in the river in East Champaran district today, police said.
A police officer confirmed the incident and said that two young girls and a woman, all hailing from Jutaura village, had gone to take bath in the river but the two girls were swept away by the heavy current while the woman was saved by local divers.
The save woman is identified as Lalsa Devi, wife of Dilip Prasad of the same village.
Search is on for Sonam Kumari (16), daughter of Birendra Prasad and Babita Kumari (15), daughter of Ganesh Mahto.
