River police in Narayanganj recovered the bodies of a boy and his sister on Friday after they went missing in the Shitalakkhya River on Thursday afternoon.
Locals saw the bodies floating near the Bandar Amin area of the river and informed police on Friday morning.
The deceased was Samir (9) and his sister Tisha (8), children of autorickshaw driver Kamal Hossain, confirmed Officer-in-Charge of Narayanganj Sadar River Police Station Shahidul Islam.
It is suspected that they came down to play near the hole dug for the building of a river bank walkway and drowned in the water that gathered there, said the OC.
Their bodies were handed to the family as there was no complaint from them, he added.
