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Two minor cousins drown while picking water lilies in Bagerhat
Greenwatch Desk
Unnarutal death
2026-09-13, 5:59pm
Two minor cousins drowned in a fish enclosure while picking water lilies in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat district on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Jannati Akter, 10, daughter of Mustain Sheikh, and Lamia Akter, 9, daughter of Mostak Sheikh of Dariyala village in the upazila.
Both of them were students of Paschim Dariyala Government Primary School.
Officer-in-Charge of Mollahat Police Station Md Shahadat said the two children went to a fish enclosure, around 200 metres from their home, at around 7:00am to collect water lilies.
At one stage, both of them fell into a deep part of the enclosure and drowned.
Later, they were rescued and first taken to a local hospital, from where they were taken to Mollahat Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead, reports UNB.