Two minors drowned in a lake in Diabari area of Dhaka's Uttara sector-18 on Saturday (May 4) afternoon.

The deceased identified as Md Ashraf, 16, and Tamim, 16, were class nine students of a high school in Mirpur.

According to locals, Ashraf and Tamim, including 3 others got into the lake near No-10 Bridge area around 1:30pm.

Rashed Bin Khaled, senior station officer of Uttara Fire Station, confirmed the matter.

On information, a diver team of fire service reached to the spot and recovered the bodies around 3:35pm, he said.

BDST: 1754 HRS, MAY 4, 2024
MSK