4 women, girl drown in boat capsize
At least four women and an indigenous girl died in a boat capsize in a water body under Phulbaria upazila yesterday afternoon.
The deceased are Rina Akhtar, 28, Shahara Khatun, 26, Sajeda Begum, 25, Rawshan Ara, 24, and indigenous girl Sumitra Sangma, 12. All hailed from Hatilate village in the upazila,
Police and locals said the small country boat sank in Borobeela Beel when the five along with 24 passengers were returning home after collecting VGF rice from Babuganj Bazar in Phulbaira at 1:30pm. Five of them drowned while the others managed to swim ashore, said OC of Phulbaria PS.
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