Thakurgaon Correspondent :
Four kids drowned in Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts on Saturday and Friday .
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Gilabari village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Friday.
Umme Hani, 3, daughter of Harun-or-Rashid of the village, was playing in the courtyard of their house. At one stage, she went close to the pond adjacent to their house and fell in it.
In Panchagarh, Maruf, 07, son of Nurunnabi drowned in Talma River in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday.
Family sources said, Maruf and his younger brother Sagar went to visit their grandfather’s house at Gofapara village. On Friday afternoon, both of them went to the river to take a dip, suddenly a strong tide swept away Maruf while Sagar managed to ashore.
In Dinajpur, Two children drowned in a pond in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur Saturday noon.The deceased were Shifat Hossain, 5, son of Mohammad Al-Amin and Mohammad Fardin, 5, son of Mohammad Rumen of Kasba village under the municipality area.
Family members of the deceased said, Shifat and Fardin fell into a local pond and drowned while they along with some other children of their ages were playing beside it.
