Two minor girls drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district on Saturday.

The incident took place in Solia village under South Salmara police station. According to the reports, three boys and two minor girls on Saturday went to the Brahmaputra river for bathing. Rituparna Bania, Officer-in-Charge of South Salmara police station, said that a search and rescue operation is going on.