Three children drowned in a pond at Gaira village under Chowgachha upazila of Jessore district yesterday. The deceased were identified as Barsha, 10, daughter of Arman Ali, Tania, 8, daughter of Jammat Ali, and Sathi, 9, daughter of Jurman Ali of Batan Gachi village under Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah district.Locals said, the three were cousins and went to their relative Amjad Ali's house at Gaira village under Chowgachha upazila on Friday. At around 11:00am yesterday, they went to bath in a nearby pond belonging to Mozaher Master of the village and drowned. After a two hours frantic search, family members recovered the bodies from the pond.