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Police had recorded the statement of an eyewitness on the basis of which an FIR was lodged with Mathurapur PS against Lalan Singh, who is absconding.
Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST
SAMASTIPUR (BIHAR): Two minor girls got drowned after they were allegedly thrown into flood waters by a Bihar Military Police (BMP) jawan at Mannipur village in this district.
The incident occurred on Wednesday when Kamli (10), daughter of Lalu Paswan, and Chandni (8), daughter of Arjun Paswan, and a few other girls had gone to the orchard of Lalan Singh, a BMP jawan posted in Jehanabad, for collecting firewood, Superintendent of Police SL Das said.
An angry Lalan Singh chased them. While the other girls escaped, he caught hold of Kamli and Chandni and threw them into flood waters.
Police had recorded the statement of an eyewitness, Dhaneshwar Paswan, on the basis of which an FIR was lodged with Mathurapur police station against Lalan Singh, who is absconding.
District Magistrate N Sarwan Kumar said the state government will provide an ex-gratia payment of Rs one lakh each to the families of the two girls.