Two children drowned in a pond in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. in Kutipara village of Khayerbari Bazar area when a sister jumped into the water to save her younger brother. The victims were identified as Sabia Jannat, aged six, and Md. Siam, aged four, both children of local shopkeeper Shahin Alam.
According to police and family members, Siam went to retrieve a floating bottle from the pond near their house and began to drown. Seeing her brother struggling, Sabia jumped in to rescue him but also drowned. The officer-in-charge of Phulbari Police Station, Abdul Latif Shah, confirmed the incident and said police had been sent to the scene to investigate.
Authorities are looking into the circumstances of the drowning, while the family and local community are mourning the loss of the two siblings.
উপজেলা প্রতিনিধি, ফুলবাড়ী (দিনাজপুর) প্রকাশ : ২০ মে ২০২৬, ১৫: ০২আপডেট : ২০ মে ২০২৬, ১৫: ২৭ দিনাজপুরের ফুলবাড়ীতে ভাইকে বাঁচাতে গিয়ে পুকুরে ঝাঁপ দিয়ে বোনেরও মৃত্যু হয়েছে। বুধবার সকাল সাড়ে ৮টায় উপজেলার খয়েরবাড়ী বাজার এলাকার কুটিপাড়া গ্রামে এ ঘটনা ঘটে।
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