Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
Two minor sisters aged 17 and 13 years who drowned in a lake in Dandiganahalli in the outskirts of Chikkaballapura on Saturday.
The victims Alia Patil,17,and her younger sister Zoya Patil from Mumbai had come to their relatives house in Gauribidanur on Summer vacation.
The duo was supposed to return to their home after two days.
On Saturday their relatives took them for a picnic and was busy serving lunch at the bank of the lake in the afternoon when Alia and Zoya on the ventured into the water to play and slipped into the water.
Since the duo did not know swimming the duo drowned while the relatives noticing them drowning cried for help .
Locals rushed to their help and pulled out the duo but by then it was too late.
The Manchenahalli police have registered a case of un natural death and handed over the bodies of the duo after post mortem to ascertain the cause of death and rule out any foul play.