Two minor cousins drowned in a pond at Shaoil village of Natore’s Singra upazila on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Sadia Akter,5, daughter of Shariful Islam and Sanjida Khatun, 6, daughter of Imran Ali of the area.
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Family sources said the cousins fell into the pond at noon while playing on its bank.
Later, locals spotted them floating in the water body and recovered them, said Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Singra police station.
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The bodies were handed over to their families, added the OC.