2 students drown in Gazipur resort

Two students drowned in a pond at a resort in Pubail of Gazipur on Wednesday afternoon.

Md Hamim Hoque, 17, son of Azizul Hoque and Md Roman, son of Liton Miah, were from Madhya Arichpur village under Tongi Purbo police station in Gazipur Metropolitan area. They were students of class nine of a local high school in Tongi.

Locals said 10 to 12 friends from Madhya Arichpur went to Sabrina Dream Resort and Park. Most of the friends including the duo went to the pond to take a bath and a few minutes later Hamin and Roman went missing around 1:30pm, they said.

At one stage of search, others recovered them from the pond and rushed Hamid to a community hospital and Roman to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital where physicians declared them dead, said Jahidul Islam, OC of Pubail Police Station.