Three girls drown in Padma river
Sunday, 21 April 2019
Three girls drowned in the Padma river in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Jeam, 17, a class XI student of Mirganj College, Esha Khatun, 09, a student of Bagha Government Primary school--two daughters of Zillur Rahman and Shipra, 12, a class VI student of Mirganj Girls' High School and daughter of Shahidul Islam.
Mohasin Ali, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station, said the three girls went to the Padma river for taking bath around 12:30 pm and drowned in the river, reports UNB.
Later, local people found the floating body of a girl and then recovered two other bodies after hectic search.
They were taken to Charghat Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead.