A woman and her granddaughter drowned in a pond while taking a bath in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Monday.
The incident happened at Buniadpur village of Barahit union of the upazila on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sahera Khatun, 65, and Jannat, 4.
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Sahera developed high blood pressure while bathing Jannat in her arms and drowned in the pond, said her family and police.
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When they did not return, the family members went to the bank of the pond and found both of them floating. Later, their relatives recovered their bodies from the pond.
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Mostasinur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ishwarganj Police Station, said the bodies were handed over to the family and buried without autopsy as there was no complaint from the victim's family. A case of unnatural death has been registered at the police station.