BSS-32 Speedboat capsize: Five bodies recovered in Patuakhali

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Speedboat capsize: Five bodies recovered in Patuakhali

PATUAKHALI, Oct 24, 2020 (BSS) – Coast Guard today recovered bodies of five people who went missing after a speedboat capsize in Agunmukha River in the southern district on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as police constable Mohibullah, 45, banker Mostafizur Rahman, 35, NGO officer Humayun Kabir, 30, one Hasan from Galachipa and Imran, 34, in Bauphal Upazila.

The speedboat that capsized in the river on Thursday afternoon had left Coralia of Rangabali for Galachipa with 18 people. Seventeen were able to swim ashore.

BSS/CORR/PI/GA/1758 hrs