Lakshmipur: Two siblings drowned in the Bhulua River in Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur.
The accident occurred on Saturday (February 16) evening in Ward No. 7 adjacent to Karunanagar area of Char Kadira Union of the upazila.
The deceased were Hasna Akhter (9), daughter of garment worker Hossain Ahmed, and his son Hamid (1.5 years old), a resident of the ward.
The deceased's grandmother, Nur Jahan Begum, alleged that local influential people had built a dam in the Bhulua River near their house to cultivate fish and hunt. While crossing the dam with their younger brother Hamid and sister Hasna, the two siblings fell into the river and drowned. Locals rescued them and took them to the Kamalnagar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared both of them dead.
Kamalnagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC, Investigation) Alamgir Hossain confirmed the matter and said that legal action will be taken after investigating the matter.
Kamalnagar Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Imtiaz Hossain said that action will be taken after investigating the allegations of fish farming and fishing by building dams in the river.
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