Two minor boys drowned in a pond in Sonatola village under Dakshin Sripur Union of Kaliganj Upazila in the district on Friday.
The deceased were Abdullah, son of Azgar Ali of Sonatola village under Dakshin Sripur Union, and Iqbal Hossain, son of Aminur Biswas of Baliadanga village under Krishnanagar Union.
Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Shahinur Rahman confirmed the incident and said police had been sent to the spot. He also said the bodies would be handed over to the families after completion of the legal process.
Locals said Iqbal had come to visit his maternal grandfather's house in Sonatola village. During Friday's Jumma prayer, when all family members went to offer prayers, Iqbal and his maternal uncle Abdullah were playing beside a pond belonging to one Abubakkar Sheikh near the house.
When family members could not find them, they searched for the two children for some time. At one point, they saw their bodies floating in the pond and recovered them.
The deaths of the two children have cast a shadow of mourning over the area.