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3 children drown in floodwaters in C'nawabganj
Three children including a 13-month-old baby drowned in separate incidents in flood-affected areas of Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Mojahidur Rihan, 7, and Abdullah Al Arian, 5, both from the Charmohanpur-Chakpara area under Chapainawabganj municipality, and Abu Sayeed, 13 months, from Dasharashia village in Shibganj upazila.
Matiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chapainawabganj Sadar Model Police Station, said the lower-lying areas of Charmohanpur have been inundated following a rise in the water level of the Mahananda River. Rihan and Arian reportedly drowned while playing near a flooded pond.
“Locals recovered their bodies floating in the pond around 2:30pm and rushed them to Chapainawabganj District Hospital, where doctors declared them dead,” said OC Rahman.
A case of unnatural death has been filed at Sadar Police Station in this regard, he added.
In a separate incident, 13-month-old Abu Sayeed drowned in a pond adjacent to his home in Dasharashia village of Shibganj upazila around 1pm while playing near the water, reports UNB.
“Family members found the child in the pond and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” said Shibganj Police Station OC Golam Kibria.