The forensic DNA laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday disclosed identities of five charred bodies found in a building of Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into it on July 21.
With two new deaths, the government on the day revised the death toll at 31 in the BAF jet crash from the earlier figure shared by the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate.
Till Thursday night, a total of 51 people were admitted to hospitals with 14 critically injured kept in intensive care units of two hospitals.
The number of missing people in the incident was five till Thursday, including three students and two聽 guardians, according to the Milestone School and College authorities.
On Thursday, the advisory council of the interim government at a meeting decided that the government would give all necessary supports to the families of the victims 鈥� killed and injured 鈥� in the crash incident.
Decision was also made to extend state honours to two deceased teachers of the educational institution 鈥� Maherin Chowdhury and Masuka Begum 鈥� in the incident.
Maherin and Masuka saved lives of a number of students during the jet crash, but lost their lives in the process, according to media reports.
A probe committee, formed by the Milestone School and College authorities, is scheduled to submit the report on the incident today.
Following the crash, seven charred bodies remained unidentified at the Combined Military Hospital.
Members of the CID鈥檚 DNA lab collected a total of 11 DNA samples from the unidentified bodies and body parts on July 22, said a press release issued by the CID.
Identities of five bodies have been confirmed by analysing the profiles of a total of 11 members of five families.
From six samples, the identity of Lamia Akhter Sonia, daughter of Md Babul and Mazeda, was confirmed.
The identity of Afsana Akhter Priya, daughter of Md Abbas Uddin and Minu Akhter, was confirmed from two samples.
The identities of Wakia Ferdous Nidhi, daughter of Md Faruq Hossain and Salma Akhter, Raisa Moni, daughter of Shahabul Sheikh and Mim, and Mariam Umme Afiya, daughter of Abdul Qadir and Umme Tamima, were confirmed from one sample each.
On Thursday, Mahiya, 15, another student, died at about 4:30pm in the ICU of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with 50 per cent burn injuries, said the institute鈥檚 residential physician Shawon Bin Rahman.
Before her, according to a health and family welfare ministry press release, Mahtab, 15, who sustained 85 per cent burn injuries, passed away in the ICU of the NIBPS at about 1:52pm on the same day.
Till now among the deceased, 27 were children, including many under 12 years of age, two were schoolteachers, and one was the aircraft鈥檚 pilot.
On the day, the Directorate General of Health Services under the health and family welfare ministry published updates about the deceased and injured patients till 9:00pm.
According to the updates, 31 people were killed in the BAF jet crash incident and 51 others were undergoing treatment till Thursday night.
Of them, 13 victims died and 42 were undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, 15 died and eight undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital, one each died at Dhaka Medical College, Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Center and United Hospital Limited and one was undergoing treatment at Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College Hospital.
As per the directorate, six patients were in the ICU at the Combined Military Hospital.
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery director professor Mohammad Nasir Uddin at a press briefing on Thursday night said that among the admitted patients at the institute, eight victims were in the ICU with six in critical condition.
Replying to a query, he said that he heard that a five-member specialist team from China was scheduled to reach Bangladesh on Thursday to assist in the victims鈥� treatment.
Till 5:00pm on Thursday, a total of 23 bodies were handed over to families.
Meanwhile on July 21, the ISPR in a press release said that 20 people were killed and 171 others were injured in the accident.
The following day, the ISPR gave updates that 31 were killed and 165 others were injured till July 22. After that the ISPR did not give any update on the statistics.
On Thursday, a senior official of the ISPR, said that the health ministry would provide the details of the death, injured and unidentified bodies to the media from now on.
The Milestone School and College authorities on Thursday issued a statement saying that so far 20 students, two teachers and two guardians had been killed in the incident and five, including three students and two guardians, remained missing.
In the incident, 48 people including 38 students, seven teachers, two staff and one guardian were injured, said the educational institution鈥檚 authorities.
The educational institution鈥檚 public relations officer Shah Bulbul confirmed that the probe committee which formed on July 22 would submit report today.
At the advisory council meeting on Thursday, decision was also made to hold special prayers at all religious institutions today for the jet crash victims.
The religious affairs ministry on Thursday night issued an order requesting all religious institutions across the country to hold special prayers for the crash incident victims today.
A coordination cell was formed by the BAF on Thursday at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (Room: 811, 01769993558) and Combined Military Hospital (01815912617) to provide different supports, including treatment to the injured people.
