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Girl drowned while taking selfie

Updated At : 04:51 PM Nov 14, 2017 IST

Bokaro (Jharkhand), November 14

A girl has died after falling in the cooling pond of Bokaro Steel Plant while taking selfie, police said here.

The girl, identified as 16-year-old Sulekha Kumari, a resident of Bada Khatal Kashmiri Colony, fell in the pond and slipped into deep waters while taking selfie on Monday.

Divers were pressed into service to fish out the body, police said. — PTI.

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