Three children drown in separate incidents in Thakurgaon

Three children drowned in separate incidents in Ranisankail and Bhulli upazilas of Thakurgaon on Wednesday.
Two children drowned in the River Tirnoi in Ranishankail, while another drowned in the River Bhulli.
Kawsar Ali, 5, son of Abul Kalam, and Reheshan, 4, son of Zahid Hasan, drowned in the River Tirnoi in Jagdal area of Dharmagarh union under Ranishankail upazila.
Ranishankail Police Station Officer-in-Charge Amanullah Al Bari said the children were playing near their homes. At one point they went to the riverbank and accidentally fell into the water. Local residents later recovered their bodies after a search.
Meanwhile, five-year-old Md Hossain drowned in the River Bhulli near the sluice gate in Bangrot village of Bhulli upazila around noon.
Hossain, son of Jahangir Alam, had gone to the newly built bridge over the river with several other children without informing his family. He slipped and fell into the river and could not be rescued immediately.
Family members and locals later recovered him after a search, but he had already died. Bhulli Police Station OC Nur Alam Siddique said also confirmed the matter.