Three children have drowned in a marsh Gazaria Kanchanpur area under Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
The deceased are Rishita Moni Das, 8, daughter of Swapan Das; Shimla Moni Das, 10, daughter of Bikash Chandra Das; and Sharna Moni Das, 7, daughter of Indra Chandra Das.
Kaliakoir police station Sub-Inspector Sajib Khan said the three children along with their parents went to visit their uncle Satyaranjan Das to spend Puja vacation.
Five cousins including the three were playing on a boat in Bhati marsh when the boat got stuck with water hyacinth and sank.
Meanwhile, two of them managed to swim ashore. But, three went missing.
Locals rescued the three after one hour of search and rushed them to Kaliakoir upazila health complex where duty doctor declared them dead.
Kaliakoir upazila health complex residential doctor Tajul Islam confirmed the Dhaka Tribune about the deaths.