Two girls drown in at Koirengei Old Airfield
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 01 2011:
In a fatal mishap, two girls got drowned in a pond located to the East of Manipur Public School near Koirengei Old Airfield this afternoon.
The fatal mishap occurred when Parbunthy Asari (16) d/o Kaphungyei and MC Bean Chengla (13) d/o MC Machung and another girl went to the pond to wash clothes.
The two girls belonged to Sorbung village of Phungyar sub-division, Ukhrul district but staying with their parents in rented rooms at Koirengei.
Bean Chengla first fell into the pond due to a slip of foot.
Parbunthy struggled to pull up Bean Chengla but they both ended up drowning in the pond.
As the third girl cried out hysterically, the neighbouring people rushed to the spot and found that the two girls had drowned.