Three persons including two teens were drown in Kushtia and Chattogram on Wednesday. The incident took place in Kumarkhali upazila and Sitakunda upazila.
Kushtia Correspondent says: Two cousins drowned in the Gorai river in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Wednesday noon.
The deceased were identified Most. Shefa, 13, daughter of Shamim Islam of Sherkandi area and Shahzada, 7, son of Alamgir Hossain of Zainabad area of the upazila.
According to locals, Shefa came to visit her grandfather's house in Zainabad area on Friday.
Around 12 pm on Wednesday, five children including Shefa and her cousin Shazada went to take a bath in the Gorai River.
At this time, all of them jump together from the bank into the deep area of the river. Shefa and Shahzada both drowned as they did not know how to swim.
Police were sent to the spot, said Akibul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) at Kumarkhali Police Station.
The bodies were kept at Kushtia General Hospital morgue, added the OC.
Chattogram Correspondent adds: An 18-year-old boy drowned while bathing in a waterfall in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.
The deceased was Tahmid, of Gahira village of Raozan and a resident of Kusumbagh area of the metropolis.
Tahmid and his two friends came to the waterfall in the Chhoto Darogarhat area under Sitakunda upazila from the port city in the morning.
Around 1:30 pm, they all went down Suptodhara waterfall to take a bath and suddenly Tahmid drowned.
On information, a team of Sitakunda Fire Service rushed to the spot and recovered the body of Tahmid around 3 pm, said Nurul Alam Dulal, senior station officer of Sitakunda Fire Service and Civil Defense.
