BARISAL: Two children drowned in a pond in Patarchar area under Muladee upazila of the district on Sunday noon.
The deceased were identified as Naima, 6, daughter of Nesar Dhali, Siam, 7, son of Masud Hawladar, of the area.
Quoting the family members, Dr Syedur Rahman of the Upazila Health Complex told banglanews: “The kids were playing on the yards. At one stage, they fell down in the pond adjacent to the yard.”
Senescing the incident, family members reused them and rushed to the upazila health complex where on-duty doctor declared them dead.
BDST: 1815 HRS, AGU 03, 2814