Six children drowned in separate incidents in Jamalpur, Natore and Magura districts on Tuesday.
In Jamalpur’s Madarganj, 18‑month‑old Yamin, son of Zahidul Islam of Betega village, drowned in rainwater collected in a pit in the yard of his house.
Three‑year‑old Mahidul Gazi, son of Suja Ali of Gazipara village, drowned in a nearby beel in Bakshiganj. Madarganj Model Police Station OC Snehashish Roy confirmed the deaths.
In Baraigram upazila of Natore, two boys drowned in a pond around noon. The victims were Md Arafat, 11, and Nur Mohammad, 10, both residents of the same area.
Locals recovered them and rushed them to hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
In Magura’s Sadar upazila, Nusrat, 7, daughter of Liton Mia, and her nephew Naim, 6, son of Jamal Uddin, drowned in a roadside ditch.
Relatives said the two were playing in the yard in the morning but later went missing. Family members searching nearby found their sandals by the ditch and recovered them from the water.
Doctors pronounced them dead at hospital.
Sadar Police Station OC Abdullah Al Mamun confirmed the incident, saying necessary steps will follow investigation.
