Two girls drown during Ganga Snan in Chattogram

The 10-year-old girls were from the South Jaldapara neighburhood of Kumira

Two girls aged around 10 years have drowned while taking a holy dip during the Hindu festival of Ganga Snan in Chattogram.

The girls, Khushi Rani Jaldas and Kishori Bala Jaldas, were from the South Jaldapara neighburhood of Kumira in Sitakunda Upazila.

They went to the Kumira Ghat pier area on the coast of the Bay of Bengal with their families and other devotees for the festival on Sunday afternoon.

The others rescued them when they drowned after the holy bath, but the doctor declared them dead when they were taken to a hospital, said Inspector Md Nasir Uddin of Kumira River Police Camp.