Narayanganj: Three people including a woman and her daughter died from electrocution while taking a bath in the Dhaleshwari River at Shubhokardi in Bandar upazila on Tuesday.

The deceased are Krishna Rani, 30, her daughter Shanti Rani, 4 and Masud, 35.

Police said the trio received electric shocks while taking bath in the river as a live electric wire snapped into the water while electricity wires were being installed in the area at about 11:45 am, leaving them dead on the spot.