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Two siblings drown in Natore pond
Greenwatch Desk
Unnarutal death
2026-04-17, 7:21pm
Two brothers drowned in a pond in Singra upazila of Natore on Friday.
The victims were identified as Tamim, 12, and Fahim, 13, sons of expatriate Abdul Momin from Bara Adimpur village.
According to locals, the two boys went to bathe in a pond beside their house around noon but went missing.
Family members began searching when they did not return, and they were found floating in the pond around 2:30pm, said Officer-in-Charge of Singra Police Station Rafiqul Islam.
The two brothers were taken to the Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared them dead, he said.
A pall of gloom descended on the area following the tragic incident. The brothers had been living with their mother at their maternal grandparents’ home while their father works abroad, reports UNB.