Three minors girls drowned in a pit filled with water at a quarry in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said today.
The incident happened in Dahelepada, a tribal hamlet in Bhiwandi's Kamba area, yesterday when Rohita Ravi Mangat (13), her sister Rasika Ravi Mangat (12) and their cousin Nita Fakat (10) entered the water-filled pit for a swim, an official said.
Unable to judge the depth of the pit, the three girls drowned and their bodies were brought out by local residents, the official added.
Senior Inspector RE Yadav of Nizampura police station said that foul play was not suspected in the incident but a noting of it had been made in the police station's diary.
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