In a daring act, a nine-year-old girl, Jhili Bagh, jumped into a 25-feet well at Kendumunda village under Badabhainro panchayat of Subarnapur district on Saturday afternoon to rescue her younger sister from drowning.
Jhili, the daughter of lakhmicharan Bagh, was playing along with a friend Ritanjali Bagarty in a garden in front of her house when she saw her younger sister Mili (3) accidentally falling into the well.
Without a second thought, she suddenly jumped into the well to rescue her sister asking her friend to inform her family members about the incident.
Jhili managed to save her sister in neck-deep water. The family members and locals rushed to the spot and rescued both girls with the help of a rope from the well.
The locals were all praise for the bravery and courage of Jhili.