Two minor children drowned in a river while taking bath in Kurigram's Ulipur upazila on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Meem, 11, daughter of Monnaf Mia and Habibur Rahman's daughter Hasi, 9, of Bagchir Kahmar Indararpar area of Dhamsreni Union of Ulipur Upazila.
Golok Chandra Barman, sub-inspector (SI) of Ulipur police station, said the two kids went to bathe in Buri Teesta river near their house around 1:30pm. Victim Hasi's grandmother Hasena Begum, 60, was accompanying them.
The two children dived into the water to take a bath. As they didn’t respond even after 15 minutes of diving, Hasi's grandmother started screaming.
Hearing her screaming, the surrounding people rushed and started searching in the water.
Later, they recovered the floating bodies of the children.
A pall of gloom descended on the area following the incident.