The victims were identified as truck driver Dilip Saha, 40, of Kaliganj upazila under Jhenidah district, Nurul Alam, 45, and his wife Hanufa Begum, 40, Noor Begum, 28, and her son Chhoton, 7, of Matarbari village in Moheskhali upazila.

A total of six bodies and eight trucks have so far been found in the river. A ferry of the Roads and Highways Department sank at Firingee Bazar point of the Karnaphuli with nine trucks and 10 people aboard early Sunday.

Fire Brigade and Roads and Highways Department teams continued the salvage operation from 10:00am to 4:00pm yesterday. They found two bodies floating while three others inside the salvaged trucks.

Meanwhile, the two probe committees separately visited the site of the ferry capsize and continued the investigation for the second day yesterday. The committees have been asked to submit reports within seven days from Monday.

Karnaphuli police on Tuesday sent the driver of the capsized ferry to jail.