Four girls drown in village pond

Four girls, aged between 10 and 15 years, drowned here on Sunday while bathing in a pond, police said. The bodies of Pooja (14), Ruma (15), Renu (13) and Amisha (10) were fished out by locals from the pond in Rajapur village, they said. They were taken to the local community health centre where doctors declared them dead, they added. —