Grandfather, two grandchildren drown in Lakshmipur pond

A 70-year-old man and his two grandchildren drowned in a pond in Lakshmipur on Sunday.

The tragic incident happened when one Abu Siddique went to the pond with his two grandchildren to take a bath. As he took a dip in the water and did not emerge for breathing, his two grandchildren jumped into the pond to find him. As the two children did not know swimming, they instantly drowned in the pond.

Locals rushed to the spot and recovered the trio, among whom Siddique and his granddaughter Popi were found dead on the spot. Siddique’s eight-year-old grandson Md Pias was taken to Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital in critically injured condition, where the on-duty doctors declared him dead too.

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The incident happened at the house of Ibrahim Patwary in Uttar Shakchar village under Shakchar union in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila. The entire area has been filled with family members’ outcry since the trio’s death.

Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge of Lakshmipur Sadar Police Station Wahed Parvez said, “We have been informed about the drowning of a grandfather and his two grandchildren in a pond. It is a tragic incident.”