Two children drowned in a pond while taking a bath at Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila.
The incident took place at Khuliatari village of Chakirpashar union of the upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
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The deceased were identified as Sohana Akter, 7, daughter of Solaiman Ali of Medni Khitab Khan village of Gharialdanga union of the upazila, and Roksana Akter, 8, daughter of Ripon Mia of Khuliatari village.
Quoting locals, Rajarhat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdullahil Zaman said the two children drowned while taking a bath in the pond in front of the house.
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When they could not be found anywhere, the mother of one of the children started searching around. At one point, she found the bodies of the two children floating in the water in the pond in front of the house.
Later, locals came and recovered the bodies of Sohana and Roksana from the pond.