Two children drown in Netrakona

Two children drowned in separate incidents in Purbadhola upazila on Sunday, UNB reports.

The deceased were Mazharul Islam, 4, son of one Md Aminul Islam, and Siam, 9, son of certain Yasmin.

Officer in charge (OC) of Purbadhola police station Towhidur Rahman said Mazharul was playing beside a pond near his home in Chochaura village, when he accidentally fell into it.

Later his family managed to recover his body and rushed to the Upazila Health Complex, but there the doctor declared him dead.

Not far away in Girias village, Siam was bathing in the Kangsa River when he drowned, OC Towhidur also said.

Later, his body was recovered from the river.