A 12-year-old girl drowned in the Sandha River in Nesarabad upazila  yesterday. The deceased was identified as Sushmita Mukharjee, 12, a student of class six and daughter of Tapan Mukharjee of Baufal upazila of Patuakhali district. Family members said Sushmita came to visit her maternal uncle Dulal Krishna’s house at Gonoman village in Nesarabad upazila a few days ago. At about 11 am she went to the riverbank and suddenly fell in the river. Despite hectic search he was not found in the river. Later, a team of fire fighters recovered the body at around 2 pm.