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Two minor children drowned in a pond at Muladi in Sadar upazila of Barishal on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as six-month-old boy Ariyan Khan, son of Sumon Khan, and his cousin two-year-old girl Sarika Aktar, daughter of Abdul Jabbar of Chardakatia village of the upazila.
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The two children fell into the pond while playing around 11 am, said Md Yusuf, sub-inspector (SI) of Muladi police station.
Later, local people found the floating bodies of the two children around 2pm and took them to Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead, the SI added.