Two children drowned in a pond at Mahmudpur village in Ajmiriganj upazila of the district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Praloy Das, 7, son of Gobind Das, resident of Mahmudpur village and Surya Das, 6, son of Rubel Das, resident of the same village of the upazila.
According to the police and local sources, Praloy Das and Surya Das along with other children went to take bathe in the pond adjacent to the field of Mahmudpur village after playing football in the afternoon and they drowned.
Locals rescued them from the pond and immediately took them to the Upazila Health Complex where on-duty doctor declared them dead, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ajmiriganj Police Station Md. Dalim Ahmed said.
