Patna: Three minor girls drowned in a pond at Muraitha village under Jale police station area in Darbhanga district on Friday evening while they were collecting mud for Durga Puja preparations. Jale inspector, Deep Shikha, said: "The victims were identified as Amrita Kumari (12), Sangita Kumari (13) and Kiran Kumari (14). The police sent the bodies to DMCH for the postmortem."