A Correspondent, Bogura:

Two sisters drowned in a pond in Baropur Modhdhopara Barobari area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Himu, 5, and her sister Jannat, 3, daughter of Habib, hailed from the aforesaid area.

Sub-Inspector (SI) of Fulbari Police Camp Aminul Islam confirmed the incident saying that both the sisters drowned in a pond next to their house as they were playing beside it around 12 noon.

When the girls were not seen for some time, their family began searching for them and later they rescued Himu and Jannat from the water body and took them to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where the duty doctor declared them dead.