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Two schoolgirls drown in Cumilla
Greenwatch Desk
Unnarutal death
2025-07-22, 4:16pm
Two schoolgirls drowned in a pond at Nagarsharif village under Chiora union of Chouddagram upazila in the district this morning.
The deceased were identified as Fatema Yasmin, 9, a class three student, and Jannatul Ferdous, 10, a class four student of Latif Sikder Government Primary School. Both were residents of the same area.
According to locals, the two children went to bathe in a pond near their house around 10am. When they did not return home for a long time, family members began searching for them.
Later, they were found in the pond and rescued. They were rushed to a local clinic, where the on-duty doctors declared them dead, reports BSS.
Officer-in-Charge of Chouddagram Police Station Mohammad Hilal Uddin Ahmed confirmed the incident.