BARNALA, July 2 -- A two-and-a-half-year-old girl drowned in a drain near Sanghera Road in Barnala on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The deceased is the daughter of migrant labourers living in temporary shelters nearby, said the deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Satvir Singh. The incident occurred while children were playing near the drain. The deceased reportedly fell into the drain and drowned," the DSP said. DSP added that police received information this afternoon about the recovery of a girl's body from a drain. "Further investigative procedures are currently underway," he said.

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