3 kids drown in Dinajpur

Three children died in separate incidents of drowning in Biral and Hakimpur upazilas of the district yesterday.

Villagers, however, rescued another four-year-old victim in critical condition and admitted her to a hospital.

Police said Mawa Sultana, 7, daughter of Motiur Rahman, and Momita Khatun, 8, daughter of Mizanur Rahman, of Ranipukur village in Biral upazila, went to take bath in a pond adjacent to their houses yesterday morning and drowned.

Villagers found their bodies floating in the pond, recovered those and informed the police.

In Hakimpur, two minor children Humyara, 6, daughter of Habibur Rahman, and Himu, 4, of Kadirpur village, slipped into a pond while they were playing on its bank and went missing yesterday morning.

Villagers rescued them in critical condition and rushed them to Hakimpur Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared Humyara dead, police said.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the hospital for auopsies.

A pal of gloom has descended over the areas.