Seventeen more bodies were recovered on Thursday morning from Naf River in Shah Porir Dwip area of Teknaf upazila where a boat carrying Rohingyas sank in the river on Wednesday night.
The victims identities could not be ascertained yet. However, it was confirmed that 10 were children and seven were women.
With these 17 bodies, the death toll from Rohingya boat capsize rises to 21.
Local sources claimed hundreds of Rohingyas from Myanmar have reached Shah Parir Dwip riding on boats last night.
As the fleet was reaching Majhir ghat point near Shah Parir Dwip, one of the boats capsized around 11:30 pm. All of its passengers went missing.
Afterwards, locals spotted 17 bodies floating at several points of the Naf River in the morning and informed police, said M Mainuddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.
A police team rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies that include 10 children and seven females, said the OC.
On Wednesday, four bodies of Rohingyas were recovered from Naf river after a boat, carrying around 25 Rohingyas, drowned.
Source: The Daily Ittefaq
