Two children drown in Cumilla

Two children died after being drowned in separate places of Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Hossain, 1, son of Md Farhad of Shidlai village and Tanim, 4, son of Md Zakir of Nagaish village, reports UNB.

According to hospital sources, Hossain was playing in the courtyard at noon and suddenly slipped into the pond adjacent to the house.

When his family members did not see him in the courtyard after some time they started searching for the child and later his body was found in the pond.

Later, he was rushed to Brahmanpara Upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Meanwhile, Tanim drowned in a pond at Nagaish village on Saturday.