Four girls in the age group of 5 to 8 were found drowned in a water body at Sarja in Ramgarh block of Palamu district. Among the 4 drowned, two are siblings. Parents of all the four girls are migrant workers.
The girls are Chaya Xaxa, 5, Salmi Kumari, 6, Archana Kumari, 6 and Aradhna Kumari, 8. Archana and Aradhna are siblings. These four were the students of the Shaheed Nilamber Pitamber school Sarja built by the naxalites in the 1990s. The naxalites were of the CPI ML Party unity.
BDO Ramgarh Parth Nandan said the girls had their school uniform on their bodies but their bags and books were not around them.
Officer in charge of the Ramgarh police station Prabhat Ranjan Rai said with the help of the locals all the four bodies were fished out last night itself. Bodies were post mortemed in the MMCH Daltonganj today.