Child drowns, 7 go missing as boat capsizes in Teesta River
Representational image. Photo: Collected
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Representational image. Photo: Collected
A child drowned and seven others went missing as a boat capsized in Teesta River in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila last evening.
The identities of the victims could not be ascertained immediately, said Golam Mortuza, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ulipur police station.
He said the engine-run-boat with 26 passengers on board sank near the Sadua Damarhat area of the upazila around 7:30pm yesterday (19 June).
Of them, 18 managed to swim ashore immediately, he added.
Md Abbas Uddin, in charge of Ulipur Fire Service Station, said they conducted a rescue operation soon after the incident and recovered the body of a child.
Seven more people remain missing, he added.
OC Golam Mortuza said the rescue operation is underway despite strong currents in the river.
