Bodies of two young men were retrieved from a waterbody (beel) at Beraid Daspara area of Bongaon union of Savar Tuesday morning, 16 hours after they had gone missing.
The deceased were identified as Sumon, 19, an electrician and Sumon, 20, a truck driver.
AFM Sayed, officer-in-charge of Savar police station, confirmed the matter.
According to police, a group of young men went to enjoy a boat ride on the beel on Monday.
During the boat ride, the boat accidentally hit an electric pole, causing a live electric wire to fall loose into the boat.
Other group members jumped into the water after Jewel, a group member, was injured when he came in contact with the live wire.
The two youths had been missing since the incident.
A diver team of Fire Service and Civil Defence retrieved their bodies in the morning.
