Three minor girls, including two sisters, drowned in a ravine in Balh panchayat in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Thursday when one of the girls fell into a ravine while washing her school bag and the other two fell trying to rescue her.

Villagers immediately swung into action and pulled out the girls out of the ravine and rushed them to a community health centre where they were declared dead, police said.

The deceased were identified as sisters Komal and Sakshi, and Khushi.

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