Two girls drowned in a River at Rajpur Municipality in Rautahat district on Monday.

According to police, Anija Khatun, 7, and Sunaina Khatun, 6, of Kudiya Tol in Rajpur-6 had gone to a nearby river for a bath yesterday afternoon with their friends where they drowned.

The deceased children’s parents went to search for their daughter after they did not return till late evening.

The bodies of the deceased were recovered from the river with the help of relatives and locals last night.

District Police Office informed that the bodies have been sent to Gaur-based district hospital for postmortem and investigation regarding the incident is underway.