Missing siblings found dead in Buriganga

The bodies of two siblings, who went missing following a boat capsize in the Buriganga River being hit by a launch at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in the city, were recovered from Wiezghat area of the river on Friday noon.

Divers of Navy recovered the bodies of Mishkat Hossain, 12 and Nusrat Hossain, 10 –two children of Babul Farazi, around 12 pm, said officer-in-charge of Sadarghat river police Rezaul Karim Bhuiya.

Earlier, Jotsna Begum, 30, wife of Babul Farazi along with her three children and her brother came to Sadarghat launch terminal from Barishal and boarded a boat to go to Keraniganj.

The accident took place around 7:30 am when the launch named ‘MV Pubali-7’ hit the boat. 

However, local people managed to rescue Jotsna Begum, her brother and her one-year-old daughter but her two other children went missing.

With UNB inputs