Three children drown in pond

Habiganj, Sept 10 (UNB): Three children drowned in a pond in Nabiganj Upazila of Habiganj on Wednesday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Shrabon Sarker (3), son of Ratish Sarker; Shubho Sarker (4), son of Jagai Sarker; and Ahona Sarker (5), daughter of Brojlal Sarker of Noagaon village. Shrabon and Shubho were cousins, while Ahona was their paternal cousin. They were visiting Panjarai village under Kargaon union.

According to the police, the three children were playing in the yard at around 01:30 pm, when one of them accidentally fell into the pond. The other two jumped in to save their cousin but all three drowned.

Later, a woman spotted Ahona's body floating in the pond and raised the alarm. Villagers then recovered all three bodies and took them to Nabiganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead.

Dr Champak Kishore Saha Suman, the residential medical officer of the health complex, confirmed the deaths.