Two minor girls drowned yesterday in a river in Maharashtra's Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai, the police said. Matiya Patel (9) and Tayiba Tade (7) fell into the river while playing in Kalamb village in Karjat taluka of the district, around 100 kms from here, according to police.

Tade's mother was washing clothes at the time of the mishap, police said. The bodies of the girls were fished out after a two-hour search. A case of accidental death was registered by the police, a police official said.