Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
At least two children were drowned in canal water while playing in front of their house in Austagram haor upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday noon around 2 pm. The deceased are Zahid Mia (6) son of Mohan Mia and Bayejid Mia (7) son of Sadek Mia of Kadamchal village in Abdullapur Union of Ashtagram upazila.
Chairman of Abdullahpur Union Helal Uddin confirmed the truth of the incident.
Locals said, two cousins, Bayezid and Zahid, went to play in front of the house at around two o’clock on Saturday. Suddenly, 2 children drowned in the water of the canal.
After not seeing the children for a long time, the relatives went to search and saw that the children were drowned in the water of the canal. Later, relatives rescued them and took them to a doctor in Kadamchal Bazar, who declared the children dead.
