Four children drown in Naogaon

Four children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond in Naogaon municipality on Saturday afternoon.

The deceased were Khadiza, 6, daughter of Abdus Salam, Asha, 8, daughter of Anwar Hossain, and Suraiya, 10, and Farhad, 6, children of Tuku Mondal, residents of Arji Naogaon Sherpur area of the municipality. 

Local sources said six children went to a pond near homes in Arji Naogaon Sherpur area to take bath and of them, four stuck in the mud under the water.

Later, they were rushed to Naogaon Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared them dead. 

Naogaon Sadar Police Station inspector (investigator) Razibul Islam confirmed the incidents. 

Abbas Ali/SU