Staff Reporter :
Five people were drowned and three others went missing as boats capsized in Rangamati on Friday.
In Sadar upazila, five persons died when a boat with 40 tourists sank in the Kaptai Lake after collision with another boat in the morning.
Of the deceased, four were identified as Rina Akhter, 32, Shila Akhter, 27, Asma, 22, and Afroza, 14, reports our Rangamati Correspondent quoting police.
“We recovered the bodies of five people who died in a boat capsize in Kaptai Lake,” said Khan Nurul Islam, Inspector (Investigation) of Rangamati Kotwali Police Station.
The boat sank in the lake due to overloading as some 30-40 tourists were being transported by the water vessel, said Nurul Islam, adding that five people were drowned while others managed to swim ashore.
The engine-run boat sank in the lake in the morning as it was heading towards Sublang from Rangamati DC’s Bungalow area, said Sufi Ullah, Additional Superintendent of Rangamati Police.
Meanwhile, three people, including two children, went missing when a boat with 53 members of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) capsized in Kalar depot area of the Karnaphuli River in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati in the afternoon.
Tumpa Majumder, 30, Deblila, 10, and Binoy, 5, went missing after the boat capsized while others managed to swim ashore, said the police official.
The boat sank in the mid river around 12:30pm, said Atiqul Islam, Inspector of Kaptai Police Station.
Five people were drowned and three others went missing as boats capsized in Rangamati on Friday.
In Sadar upazila, five persons died when a boat with 40 tourists sank in the Kaptai Lake after collision with another boat in the morning.
Of the deceased, four were identified as Rina Akhter, 32, Shila Akhter, 27, Asma, 22, and Afroza, 14, reports our Rangamati Correspondent quoting police.
“We recovered the bodies of five people who died in a boat capsize in Kaptai Lake,” said Khan Nurul Islam, Inspector (Investigation) of Rangamati Kotwali Police Station.
The boat sank in the lake due to overloading as some 30-40 tourists were being transported by the water vessel, said Nurul Islam, adding that five people were drowned while others managed to swim ashore.
The engine-run boat sank in the lake in the morning as it was heading towards Sublang from Rangamati DC’s Bungalow area, said Sufi Ullah, Additional Superintendent of Rangamati Police.
Meanwhile, three people, including two children, went missing when a boat with 53 members of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) capsized in Kalar depot area of the Karnaphuli River in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati in the afternoon.
Tumpa Majumder, 30, Deblila, 10, and Binoy, 5, went missing after the boat capsized while others managed to swim ashore, said the police official.
The boat sank in the mid river around 12:30pm, said Atiqul Islam, Inspector of Kaptai Police Station.
