Three teenage boys drowned in the Padma river in Rajshahi's Paba upazila while they were taking bath on Tuesday.
The accident happened in the afternoon at Shyampur Balurghat under the upazila. Then their bodies were recovered by fire service personnel around 3 pm.
The dead were Jubaraj, 14, son Md Rentu, Nuruzzaman, 15, son of Noor Islam, and Arif, 14, son of Liton, of Motihar Police Station in Rajshahi city. All of them were students of a madrasa of Shyampur area in Katakhali Municipality.
Confirming about the incident, Rajshahi Fire Service deputy director Obaidul said the trio went missing after they got into the river to take bath in that area. On information, fire service divers went to spot and launched rescue operation. After recovereing, the bodies were kept at Rajshai Medical College Hospital morgue.
Rajshahi River Police officer-in-charge (OC) Moniruzzaman said the bodies will be handed over to the families of the dead after legal procedures. A case was filed in this connection, the OC added.
