The death toll from Thursday’s boat capsize reached to two after Fire Service and Civil Defence recovered the body of a six-year-old child in Buriganga river this morning.
The body of Mahi, 6, was recovered around 7:00am, a source at the fire service control room told The Daily Star.
Six members of a family went missing when a boat capsized in the Buriganga river after being hit by a launch in the city's Sadarghat area on Thursday night.
The bodies of Jamshida Begum, 30, wife of Delwar, was recovered yesterday. Firefighters are continuing search operation for the missing people, the fire service said.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMILY?
The boat sank near the Sadarghat Launch Terminal around 10:00pm on Thursday night as the launch, 'MV Suravi-7' hit it.
Mahi’s mother Shahida, his sibling Meem, uncle Delwar, 35, and Delwar’s baby child Zunair remain missing.
They were residing in Kamrangirchar area of the city and going to the launch terminal to go to their home in Shariatpur district.
Shahida's husband Shahjalal, 35, managed to swim ashore soon after the incident, according to police.
