Jamalpur, July 25 (UNB)- Five children drowned as a boat capsized in Nikhai Beel (water body) at Sarishabari upazila here on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Subarna, 16 and her sister Jhuma, 10, daughters of Md Khabirul of Kalikapur village, and their cousins- Antara, 14, Jannatul, 8, and Atashi, 6.

Mahabbat Kabir, Inspector (Investigation) of Sarishabari Police Station, said a boat carrying 10 to 12 children of the area sank in  Nikhai Beel in the morning.

 All the children, except the five, managed to swim ashore.

On information, police retrieved the bodies and handed over those to the families after autopsy, Mahabbat added.