, Sept. 1 -- Two children drowned in a pond while playing near their homes in Binodpur village of Mohadevpur upazila, Naogaon on Monday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Arafat Hossain, 6, son of Azizur Rahman, and Naim Islam, 4, son of Sirajul Islam.

Locals said that they started searching for the two children as they went missing while playing in the morning.

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Later, villagers found their bodies floating in the pond and recovered them.

Shahin Reza , Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mohadevpur Police Station, confirmed the incident and said that the bodies were handed over to their families after legal formalities.

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