Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal

Dhaka     Monday   15 December 2025

Five missing bodies in Padma recovered

2 || risingbd.com

Published: 05:49, 2 May 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Five missing bodies in Padma recovered

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Fire Fighters have rescued the five bodies those were missing in the incident of boat capsize in the Padma river by Boishakhi strom.

Nurul Islam, deputy director of Rajshahi Fire Service, confirmed news on Tuesday morning.

The bodies were identified as Sarwar Hossain Rafiq, 45, of Dargaparha of the city, Robin, 28, of the same area, Asadul, 45, of Khanpur, and Shah Makhdum Jamiya Islamia Madrasa's students Abul Ahad, 9, and Tamim, 9.

The bodies floated in the river nearly three kilometers far away from the spot. Being informed, Fire Fighters recovered the bodies, said Nurul Islam.

Later, the bodies were handed over, he added.

The boat capsized by the storm on Sunday evening.


risingbd/Rajshahi/May 02, 2017/Tanjimul Haque/A K Azad

risingbd.com