Bhadohi, U.P.:
The body of a 5-year-old girl was found in the Ujapur canal on Monday, 36 hours after she fell into it, police said.
Water flow to the canal in Aurai police station area was stopped to locate the body, they said.
Circle Officer Umeshwar Pratap Singh said that Jai Prakash Vishwakarma (40), a resident of Chak Inayat locality, his wife Urmil (35) and their daughter Purvi were returning from Vindhyachal Dham in Mirzapur late on Saturday night when they fell into the Ujapur canal.
A youth and a police officer jumped into the canal and managed to rescue Vishwakarma and his wife, he said.
Station House Officer, Aurai police station, Jai Prakash Yadav said divers were deployed to search for Purvi.
To facilitate the search, the water flow into the canal was stopped. The girl’s body was found eight kilometers from the incident site, he said.
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