Dhaka, 1 September, Abnews: The bodies of three people, who had gone missing after a boat capsized in Chalan Beel in Pabna’s Chatmohar on Friday evening, have been recovered on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Shahanaz Parveen Parul, 45, Momtaz Parveen Shiuli, 45, and Sadia Khatun, 10.
Two more people – Shiuli’s husband Billal Hossain Goni, 52, and Sadia Khatun’s father Rafiqul Islam Swapan Biswas, 44, are still missing.
On Friday, the boat capsized in the Handial Paikpara area around 7:30 pm.
A joint team of police and a diving squad is conducting the rescue operation to recover two missing bodies, said the UNO.
Meanwhile, a fire service official said that the sunken vessel has been located.
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