The bodies of eight Bangladeshi nationals, including seven expatriates from Sandwip upazila who were killed in a tragic road accident in Oman, arrived in Chattogram on Saturday night.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-122, carrying the bodies from Muscat, landed at Shah Amanat International Airport at about 8:50pm.
District administration officials, on behalf of the government, handed over the bodies to the grieving families.
Md Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer at the airport, said that all the eight bodies arrived on the same flight and would be transported to Sandwip on Sunday morning.
According to officials, the accident took place on October 8 at about 4:00pm (Bangladesh time) in Dukhum Sidda area of Oman, when a private vehicle carrying the victims was hit by a speeding fish transport truck en route to the sea. The impact was fatal, claiming the lives of all passengers on board.
All the deceased hailed from Chattogram鈥檚 Sandwip upazila, except one from Raozan.
The victims were identified as Amin Majhi, Md Arju, Md Rocky, Sahab Uddin, and Md Bablu from Sarikait Union; Md Jewel and Md Roni from Rahmatpur Union; and another individual from Chikdair Union in Raozan upazila.
Sandwip upazila nirbahi officer Mangchingnu Marma said that a joint namaz-e-janaza would be held on Sunday at the East Sandwip Multipurpose High School grounds, after which the bodies would be buried in their respective localities.
Families and residents of Sandwip have extended gratitude to the Bangladesh Embassy in Oman, ambassador Md Nazmul Islam, and the Omani authorities for their swift assistance in repatriating the bodies.