Two minor girls drowned in a pond in Kathgor area under Patenga police station in Chattogram on Thursday morning.
The deceased were identified Rizban Saleh Arish, 3, daughter of Md Nasir Uddina; and Fairuz Ulfat Wahzia, 3, son of Md Nezam Uddin of Kathgor area.
Jayed Nur, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patenga police station, confirmed the matter.
He said the children fell into the pond
while playing on the bank of the river in absence of their family members.
Later they were found floating in the pond and rushed to Bangladesh Navy Hospital where physicians declared them dead, the OC added.