A tragic incident unfolded in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila on Friday morning as two young cousin brothers drowned in a pond while trying to save each other.
The deceased were identified as Sohan Ali, 7, son of Safiul Islam, and Siam Hossain, 6, son of Dabirul Islam, both residents of Chhoto Lahiri village under Paria union of the upazila. The two were cousins and students of a local Hafizia madrasa.
Family members said both fathers work in Dhaka. The children had returned home on Thursday for the weekend. Next morning they went out to play near the pond beside their house.
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While playing Siam slipped and fell into the pond. Seeing his younger cousin struggling, Sohan immediately jumped in to rescue him. Unfortunately, neither of them survived.
Later, family members spotted their bodies floating in the pond and brought them home.
Confirming the incident, Baliadangi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shawkat Ali Sarkar said, “Police have visited the spot. It was a tragic accident.”