Sonbhadra (UP), Nov 18 (PTI) Two minor sisters allegedly drowned after falling in a well here, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred at Kusumuha village under the Robertsganj Police station area limits, they said.

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Station House Officer, Balmukund Mishra, said, "Seema (11) and Sushma (6) daughters of Ramshankar, a labourer, went missing on Friday afternoon.

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People later found the bodies of the girls inside the well. A police team recovered the bodies and sent them for post-mortem examination.

Prima facie, it appears that the sisters fell into the well accidentally, police said.

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