Padma river

5 bodies recovered from Padma river

MNA National Desk: Five bodies including two children were recovered after a boat capsized in the Padma river near Rajshahi city on Sunday evening.

Rajshahi Fire Service said bodies of two madrassa students were found floating near Talaimari Fultala terminal, some kilometer far from the accident spot at about 6:00am on Tuesday.

The fire fighter recovered two more bodies in Char Shatbaria area and another from Tangan area. Later, the fire fighters handed over those to the Boalia police.

A boat carrying six passengers sank in the river around 7:00pm on Sunday. A passenger swam shore while five others went missing.

According to Rocky, who is a survivor in the boat capsize, said the boat sank off the river at a middle point of Charkhidirpur and Barakuthir area of the city when the tropical storm hit the boat.

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