Narail boat capsize death toll rises to 4

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Narail boat capsize death toll rises to 4

Shawdesh Desk:

The death toll from the boat capsize in the Nabaganga River in Narail rose to four with the recovery of two bodies at around noon on Sunday.

Two people drowned and five others went missing after their boat capsized in the river off the coast of Kalia upazila on Friday night.

The bodies of Labu, 32, son of Tuku Chowkidar of Babupur village, and Khanze Sheikh, 55, of Jokar Char village, were recovered on Sunday.

Fire service divers fished out the bodies from the Nabaganga River under Kalia upazila, said Sheikh Tasmeem Alam, office-in-charge of Kalia police station.

‘The bodies were handed over to the Naval Police. They will take necessary legal steps,’ said OC Tasmeem.

Efforts are on to find the remaining ones who went missing after the accident, he added.

The boat with 17 people on board capsized around 8:30pm on Friday while heading towards Bahirdanga from Baghbari of Kalia municipality. Ten of them managed to swim to ashore.