Three siblings drown in Sunamganj haor

Three siblings drowned after a boat capsized in a haor in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Farzana, 13, Marzana, 8, and Robin, 4, children of Sohel Mia, a resident of Gobindapur village in the upazila.

Police and local sources said three children went to a haor beside their home in the village on a small boat to catch fish and at one stage, the boat capsized amid sudden storm and rain.

In the incident, the children went missing.

Locals, later, recovered the body of one and then, a team of divers from Sunamganj Fire Service and Civil Defence retrieved the bodies of two others.

Sadar Police Station officer in-charge Md Ikhtiar Uddin confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Lipson Ahmed/SU