4 of a family die in boat capsize
Four members of a family died in a boat capsize at a beel at East Deulbhog village under Srinagar upazila of the district in the early hours of yesterday.
The victims are Rafiqul Islam, 7, and Rodela Aktar, 5, son and daughter of Amirul Islam and his nephews Khokon, 35, and Rajan, 25.
"They came to the village from the capital to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their relatives," Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Srinagar police station Shakhwat Hossain told BSS.
They met the tragic end of their life at about 1:00am when they were going to a neighbour's house by the boat to sleep, he said, adding they did not know how to swim.
The villagers rescued the victims from the beel and sent them to Srinagar Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared them dead.
The victims are the residents of Gandaria area in the capital, the OC said.
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