Jamalpur, Sept 22 (UNB) – Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Purbakandarchar in Islampur upazila on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as 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.