The bodies of two madrassah students, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River in Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh, were recovered Wednesday morning from the river in Pakundia upazila after 22 hours.
The deceased are Abir, 6, son of Habib Mia, and Zubayed, 6, son of Mumtaz Uddin, a resident of Charalgi area of the upazila. They were first-grade students of a local Dakhil madrassah.
Family members recovered the bodies from the Banshia area of Tangab Union at around 7:00am, police said.
According to eyewitnesses and local sources, nine students boarded a small boat at around 9:30am Tuesday to cross the Brahmaputra River from Charalgi area to attend their madrassah. The boat capsized near Datta Bazar in Gafargaon upazila before reaching the other side.
Six students managed to swim ashore, while three others went missing. In the afternoon, a fire service diving team recovered the body of one of the missing students Shapla Akter, 15.
The remaining two bodies were found Wednesday morning, approximately two kilometres downstream from the site of the incident.
Officer-in-charge of Gafargaon police station Ferdous Alam confirmed the recovery.
