Sting Newz service: A minor girl jumped into a river to save her sister from drowning, but in vain and both were drowned. The bodies were recovered later on. It happened at Hanspukur under Bamongola police station limits in Malda on Wednesday afternoon, a police sources said.
They both came to a trip to the home of their elder sister. However, the area turned into a melancholy following the mishap.
The two sisters, Paromita Mandal (15 ) and Ankita Mondal (8 ) came to the home of their elder sister to enjoy Durga Puja Festival. Ankita was a class 3 student. Their father Rui Das Mondal is a day- labourer and resides at Nandinidaha in Bamangola in Malda.