Two children of the same family drowned in a pond at Raipur in Laxmipur on Friday. The deceased children were identified as Arya Akhter, 6, daughter of Sayyed Mufti Taher Jaberi and Fayyaz Hossain, 7, son of Sayyed Faisal. They were cousins to each other.
Police and the families of the two children said the children left the house on Friday morning and never returned.
The locals saw the bodies of them floating in the pond of their house at one point of searching. After rescuing them, they were taken to Raipur Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared them dead.