Two cousins drown in a pond in Parbatipur, Dinajpur

Two cousins have drowned in a pond in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur.

The incident took place on Friday afternoon (13 November) at Jagannathpur village in Belaichandi Union of the upazila.

The two children who died are Salman Shah (4) of Jagannathpur village and Israt Jahan Eva (8), daughter of Shahidul Islam of the same village. They were cousins.

Parbatipur Model Police Station officer-in-charge Abdul Wadud said the two children, while playing in the courtyard, slipped into the pond beside the house at some point when family members were not paying attention, and drowned.

Local people suspect that when the younger brother began to drown in the pond, his sister entered the water to save him, and she too then drowned.

Parbatipur Police Station sub-inspector Nipen said neighbours first saw one body floating in the pond. A search then recovered the other missing child's body.

Police said an unnatural death (UD) case has been filed at the police station over the incident.