2 missing tourists’ bodies recovered from Sangu River

Divers of the local fire service on Saturday recovered the bodies of two siblings, who had gone missing while taking a bath in the Sangu River in Roangchhari upazila of Bandarban on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Ahnaf Akib, 22, and Mariam Adnin, 16, the children of Zahirul Islam of Fatullah union of Narayanganj. Senior station officer of Bandarban Fire Service Nazmul Alam said Ahnaf was a second-year student of Brac University.

Earlier, 10 tourists arrived in Bandarban from Narayanganj on December 22, police said. On Friday, they went to Badhura waterfall to take a bath and at one stage, eight people, including Maria, Akib, and Mariam, went missing. Locals managed to rescue six of them.

Maria, 19, was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared her dead.

Mohammad Mannan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Roangchhari Police Station, said the bodies of the two missing siblings were recovered from the river after a 21-hour rescue operation.