Two kids drown in pond

Two cousins drowned in a pond in Rajnagar upazila of the district on Friday. The victims, Suchona Mollick,10, daughter of Binoy Mollick, and Sotabdi Mollick, 7, daughter of Bipul Mollick of Kornigram village, drowned in a pond near their house. Suchona was a Class IV student and Sotabdi was in Class II. Quoting locals, police said the cousins all on a sudden fell into the pond near their house while playing on its bank, and drowned at around 6:00pm. Ashkir Khan, chairman of Rajnagar upazila, said locals recovered the body from the pond.