Three kids drown in Faridpur pond

FARIDPUR, Jun 10 (UNB): Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village in Bhanga upazila in the district on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Mim, 4, daughter of Basar Matubbor, her cousins Jimi, 7, and Sajjad, 5, children of Jamer Ali Matubbor.

Family sources said the three children drowned into the pond while taking bath around 1.00pm.

Later, locals rescued the children and rushed them to Sadar hospital where doctors declared them dead, said Faridpur Fire Service Senior Station Mastar Saiful Islam.

Jimi and Sajjad, who used to live in Sadarpur area in the upazila, went to their uncle's house to attend an Iftar mahfil.