The incident is of Monday. The girls were identified as 13-year-old Reshma, 11-year-old Afsana, 9-year-old Guddi and 7-year-old Lalli.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Keshav Kumar said on Tuesday that the daughters of Raju, resident of Kalu Bankat village, were at their maternal uncle's house in Rehra Bazar police station area to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha.

SP Kumar said, in the evening the girls went to Kuano river. They were bathing in the river and went into deep water. The villagers, alerted by their screams, ran to save them but failed.

The SP said that with the help of local people their bodies were taken out of the water.