Two children drowned in a pond while trying to plucking water lilies near their house in Gaibandha's Sadullapur upazila on Saturday.
The incident happened at Dharai Chatra Beel of Raghbendpur Kanipara village in the Idilpur union of the upazila on Saturday afternoon.
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The deceased were identified as Reon (6) and Tamim Mia (7) of the village.
Sadullapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge, Md Mahbub Alam, confirmed the matter.
According to locals, Rion and Tamim were playing near the house in the afternoon. Later, they drowned in the pond while picking flowers.
At one stage of the search, they were rescued and taken to the Palashbari Upazila Health Complex, where the doctors declared them dead.
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Later, the bodies were taken home by their relatives, said the OC.