Two schoolboys drown in Teesta

Two schoolboys drowned on the Teesta River at Mohipur in Gangachhara of Rangpur on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Anwarul Sayeed, 14, a resident of Dhap area of Rangpur city, and Sumon Ahmed, 14, of Islambagh area in the city.

They were Class-VIII students of Brighton School and College in the city.

Officer-in-charge of Gangachhara police station Zinnat Ali said a group of teachers and students of the school went to Mohipur this morning to visit the Teesta River on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
Anwarul and Sumon went missing while some students went to the river around 11:00am.

Later the teachers managed to rescue the duo and rushed them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where duty-doctors declared them dead, added the OC.

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