Bodies of two minor siblings found in Chattogram pond

Two siblings who went missing on their way to a local mosque for Asr prayers were found dead in a pond in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram on Friday night.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Hasan, 10, and Mohammad Hossain, 9, sons of Mohammad Shafi, a daily wager of village Chandraghona Khandaker Para as UNB reports.

Edris Azgarh, chairman of Chandraghona Kadamtoli union, said the two brothers went missing on their way to the mosque in their locality to offer Asr prayers in the afternoon.

Around 9:30pm, when they did not return home, their parents informed local people about the incident.

Local people and their parents launched a search operation and eventually fished out the bodies of the siblings from the pond in Chandraghona.

They were rushed to Chandraghona Christian Mission Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.