BSS-35 Boat capsizes in Padma, 20 missing

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Boat capsizes in Padma, 20 missing

RAJSHAHI, March 6, 2020 (BSS) – At least 20 people including women and children remained missing as a boat capsized in Padma river adjacent to the Rajshahi city this evening.

Quoting local people, Senior Station Officer at Fire Service and Civil Defense Abdur Rouf said that the boat carrying around 35 passengers of a bridal party from Char Khanpur was heading towards Dayingpara in Paba Upazila.

On the way, the boat capsized at Shrirampur around 7 pm. Twelve passengers were rescued and five of them were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, he added.

A team of the Fire Service and Civil Defense accompanied by BGB personnel is conducting rescue operation.

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