Two minor girls drown in Jamalpur

Map of Jamalpur
Map of Jamalpur

Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Purbakandarchar in Islampur upazila on Sunday, reports UNB.

The deceased were Akhi Akter, 4, daughter of Al Amin of Bakshiganj upazila and her cousin Sumaiya Akter, 5, daughter of Saidur Rahman of the upazila.

Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Islampur police station, said Akhi and Sumaiya were playing beside the pond in the morning and fell into it.

After a hectic search, locals recovered the bodies from the pond.