Two children drowned together in a pond at Rajarhat of Kurigram on Tuesday.
Local people informed that Yakub, 6, son of Nur Islam and Rabbi, 7, son of Hossain Ali of village Horishwar Taluk of Sadar upazila, went out for playing together.
However, since they remained missing till evening, the family members started searching the children. At one stage, they found the bodies in the pond entangling each other.
A pall of gloom descended over the incident in the area.
Nazrul Islam, OC (Investigation) of Rajarhat police station, said that he heard about the incident.