Probe report on Surma boat tragedy tomorrow

The enquiry committee on Saturday night's boat capsize in the Surma in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj district will submit its report to the deputy commissioner tomorrow.
Jamalganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Abul Hashem, who is leading a five-member probe body, told this correspondent yesterday that they would complete their job today and submit the report tomorrow.
The committee, formed on Sunday, was asked to submit its report within three days.
He said the committee members visited the place of occurrence and interviewed the survivors and local people.
The incident in which at least 37 people were killed, occurred as none of the passenger or cargo boat had lights. There was dense and most of the passengers, travelling on the lower deck, were asleep and the windows of the boat were shut, the UNO quoting the survivors said.
The authorities declared the rescue operation finished at 2:00pm on Sunday as no other body was found within one kilometre area.