The rescued children are Shokkuri, 9, Sagar 7, Mintee, 5 and Sirajul 3, all children of one Chan Miah of Elachhai village in Muktagacha upazila.

Police said people at the bus stand saw the five children weeping and approached them.

They told the people that they were going to their father at Nutun Bazar at Muktagacha upazila headquarters from their village home. On the way, two persons offered them biscuits and brought them to Mymensingh town. Seeing the unknopwn place, they started weeping. At this the two persons left them.

The chilren have been handed over to Kotwali police.

In another incident, the Kotwali police recovered the body of a young man from the Circuit House ground Thursday morning.

The body was identified as that of one Babu, son of Tofazzol Hossain of Hamid Uddin Road in the town.

Police said the body bore marks of injury.