Two cousins drown in Kishoreganj
Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Kishoreganj’s Bajitpur upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Rownak Bhuiyan, 5, son of Sujon Bhuiyan, and his cousin Ayman Bhuiyan, 5, son of Bipu Bhuiyan, of Gothalia village in the upazila.
Quoting locals and victims’ family members, Officer in Charge (OC) of Bajitpur Police Station Khalilur Rahman Patwary said the duo fell into a pond nearby there houses while playing beside it on Tuesday evening and drowned.
After frantic search, neighbours and family members the bodies floating in the pond water around 8:00pm the same night, the OC said, adding that they were burried at a local graveyard yesterday.
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