Varanasi: Two girls, identified as Afiya (6) and Falak (4), died after a wall of their house, located on the embankment of a pond, collapsed and trapped them under debris. The incident took place in the Bachhao area under Rohaniya police station limits on Tuesday night.The girls’ parents told police that they were sleeping in the verandah when the wall suddenly caved in. They said that as the wall collapsed, pond water rushed into the house, trapping the girls under the debris.Hearing their cries, villagers rushed to the spot. Police and SDRF teams were called in to carry out the rescue operation.ACP (Rohaniya) Awadhesh Kumar Vishwakarma said the bodies were recovered on Wednesday morning. He added that the bodies had been sent for postmortem examination.The ACP said the postmortem report would ascertain whether the girls died due to injuries sustained in the collapse or drowning.
