Two children drowned in a pond while visiting their grandparents' home in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria today.

The victims are Md Takrim, 3, son of Akhtar Hossain of Kuttapara village, and Md Adnan, 5, son of Md Arafat Mia of Uchaliyapara village in the upazila. The two were maternal cousins, said police.

The incident took place at Uttar Para in Kuttapara village this afternoon.

According to locals, Adnan had come to his maternal grandparents' house a few days ago. On Saturday morning, he was playing near a pond with his cousin Takrim. At one point, both slipped and fell in the water.

When the children went missing, family members searched for them frantically. Later, locals spotted the two floating in the pond and took them to Sarail Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.

Sarail Police Station Officer-in-Charge Murshedul Alam Chowdhury said police visited the spot and were looking into the matter.