A Correspondent:
Naogaon: A newlywed couple drowned in a canal in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Nur Islam, 22, of Bedbariya village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur dis-trict and his wife Sumaiya Akter, 18, daughter of Shahin of Kartikahar village in Badalgachhi upazila.
The couple had been married for only seven months.
Witnesses said Nur Islam and Sumaiya had come to the house of Sumaiya on Saturday afternoon.
On Sunday noon, Nur Islam jumped into a canal beside Kartikahar village to take a bath.
As he remained disappeared for long, Sumaiya jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue him but both of them subsequently drowned.
Later, local people rescued the couple from the canal and rushed them to Badalgachhi Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared both dead on arrival.
Dr Tahrima Akter Munni, a physician at the hospital, said “They had died long before they were brought to the hospital.”
A pall of gloom descended in the area following the incident.
Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Officer-in-Charge of Badalgachhi Police Station said legal steps would be tak-en after discussions with the victims’ family members.
