Twin sisters drown in Jhenidah

JHENIDAH, Dec 21 (BSS): Two twin sisters drowned in a pond while trying to gather water lilies at Ujjalpur village of Natima union under Mahespur upazila of the district on Thursday morning.

The two children are three years old Hashi and Khushi, daughters of Zahurul Islam, resident of the same area.

Police said the two girls were playing near the house in the morning. Later, they went with two other children to gather water lilies from a nearby pond.

When the girls went under water, the other two children ran to inform the adults.

Their relatives rescued them and took them to the Moheshpur Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead.

They had died before reaching the hospital, Dr Mahbubul Alam said.