The bodies have been sent for an autopsy and the report is awaited, police said.
Fatehpur:
Two Dalit sisters, both minors, were reportedly killed and their bodies dumped in a pond in a village in the Asodhar region of the Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Monday.
The bodies of the victims with marks of injuries in the eyes were recovered from the pond late in the evening, they said.
ASP Rajesh Kumar said the bodies of Sumi (12) and Kiran (8), daughters of Dilip Dhobhi, a Dalit, were recovered from the pond.
Both bodies had marks from eye injuries, he said.
The girls had gone to the field in the afternoon to get vegetables but did not return, police said.
Family members of the victims alleged that the attackers killed the girls after an unsuccessful attempt to rape them, the officer said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and the report is awaited, police said.
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