Two children found dead in pond

Police recovered the bodies of two children from a pond in Ashulia yesterday morning, around 16 hours after they went missing.

The bodies were found around 9:00am in Ashulia's Baipail.

The deceased are Limon Hossain, 11, son of Ratan Mia from Aminpur upazila in Pabna, and Manik Hossain, 9, son of Ziaul Hossain from Madarganj upazila in Jamalpur.

Both children lived with their families in a rented house in Baipail.

Md Shahinur Kabir, additional superintendent of police for Savar circle, said the boys were last seen playing in a nearby field around 5:30pm yesterday. When they did not return home, their families began searching for them.

Locals spotted the bodies floating in a pond and informed police.

The cause of death was not immediately known.