Four girls drown in pond during Jitiya festival in East Champaran

Motihari, Oct 2 (UNI) Four girls, including two sisters, drowned while bathing in a pond during the Jitiya festival in East Champaran district today. According to police, the four girls had gone to a pond near their village, in Ward No. 7 of Inarwabhar panchayat under the jurisdiction of Paharpur police station, to bathe along with several other girls as part of the Jitiya festival. While bathing, they reportedly entered a deeper section of the pond and fell into a submerged pit. Another girl who was bathing with them raised an alarm after noticing that they were drowning. Hearing the…