2 cousins drown in Natore

Two children drowned in a pond at Walia village in Natore's Lalpur upazila on Thursday, according to UNB.

The deceased were Naim, son of Adam Sardar of the village and Afia.

According to family sources, Afia, maternal cousin of Naim, came to visit her aunt's house from Rajshahi in the morning.

Naim along with his cousin went to the pond to take bath and drowned.

At one stage, a woman spotted the floating body of Afia.

Then the bodies of Naim and Afia were recovered from the pond.