Two children drowned while taking bath in a pond in Delduar upazila of Tangail on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, 12, son of Ripon Chowdhury of Nallapara village, and his nephew Faisal, 7, son of Nur Mohammad of the same village.
The incident occurred around 10:30am beside Nallapara Government Primary School in Atiya Union of the upazila.
According to police and local sources, the two children went to the school ground in the morning riding bicycles. They later went into a pond adjacent to the school for bathing, where they drowned around 10:30am.
Locals recovered the boys from the water and rushed them to Delduar Upazila Health Complex, where on-duty doctors declared them dead upon arrival.
Duty Officer of Delduar Police Station SA Habib said the bodies were taken into police custody.
“After completing legal formalities, the bodies will be handed over to the families,” he said.
