The ladies had been working in sugarcane fields for the final 5 months, police mentioned(Representational)

Latur:

5 girls, all itinerant sugarcane cutters, drowned in an irrigation pond in Ahmedpur tehsil of Maharashtra’s Latur district on Saturday morning, police mentioned.

The incident passed off at Tulshiram Tanda village round 8.30 am when the victims have been washing garments within the pond, an official from the Kingao police station mentioned.

One of many girls slipped into the water and started to drown. Others tried to rescue her however they too drowned, he mentioned.

The ladies have been recognized as Radhabai Dhondiba Aade (45), her daughters Diksha (20) and Kajal (19), all residents of Ramapurtanda in Palam tehsil of Parbhani district, and Sushma Sanjay Rathod (21) and Aruna Gangadhar Rathod (25) from Mojmabad Tanda in the identical tehsil.

The ladies had been working in sugarcane fields in Ahmedpur tehsil for the final 5 months, the police official mentioned.

Households of sugarcane cutters usually migrate from their dwelling districts to search out work when cane is harvested.

The incident got here on the heels of an identical tragedy in Dombivli close to Mumbai final week when 5 members of a household — two girls and three kids — drowned in a pond whereas washing garments.

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