The bodies of two children who went missing from their homes in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur were recovered from a pond early Monday, around 14.5 hours later.
The bodies were recovered around 2:30am in Madhya Nakshi village of Koloshpar Union, according to police and local sources.
The deceased were identified as Rohan Mia, 7, son of Hazrat Ali, and Ismail Hossain, 6, son of Ebadul Islam, both from the same village.
According to police and locals, the two children left their homes around noon on Sunday. Their families searched for them in different places but could not find them.
Later, locals spotted the children’s bodies floating in a nearby pond around 2:30am and recovered them.
Local residents said Rohan and Ismail were fond of fishing. As they were not very good swimmers, if at all they could swim, locals suspect they may have drowned while fishing in the pond.
Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nalitabari Police Station, said legal proceedings were underway in this regard.