Cumilla, June 20 (UNB) - Two minor siblings drowned in a water body in Laksam municipality area on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Abu Borhan, 7, and his brother Abu Raihan, 4, sons of Mazharul Islam of Paschimgaon Showa Choiani in the municipality.
Abdul Alim Didar, councillor of ward-6 of the municipality, said the duo was playing at their courtyard around 1:30pm. At one stage, they fell into a nearby ditch and drowned.
Later, family members rescued them and took them to Laksam Upazila Health Complex where doctors pronounced the boys dead.
A pall of gloom descended on the area after the tragic incident.