Gir Somnath, February 18 A woman and her two young daughters drowned in a river in the Gir Somnath district of Gujarat on Wednesday after falling into the water, police said.
The bodies of the deceased, identified as 36-year-old Ilaben Vaish and her two daughters, aged nine and seven, were recovered from the Shingoda river in the Kodinar taluka, they said.
They were from the village of Adpokar, the police said.
"Ilaben had gone to wash clothes at the river around 12:30 pm. Her two daughters were with her at that time. However, all three of them accidentally fell into the river and drowned," an official said.
The deceased woman's husband is a bus driver.
An accidental death report has been filed and further investigation is underway, the police said.
