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Launch capsize in Shitalakkhya: 14 held

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Published: 15:11, 8 April 2021  
Launch capsize in Shitalakkhya: 14 held

Members of Coast Guard have detained 14 people in connection with the launch capsize on the Shitalakkhya River which left at least 35 people dead.

Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mostain Billah confirmed the news.

They were detained from Munshiganj.

On the evening of April 4, passenger vessel ML Sabit Al Hasan sank after colliding with cargo ship SKL-3 at the mouth of Syedpur Koyla Ghat on the Shitalakkhya River in Munshiganj.

The death toll from the launch capsize has climbed to 35.
 

 

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