Keraniganj, Sept 7 (UNB) – Two siblings went missing as a boat sank in the Buriganga river at Sadarghat on Friday evening.
The victims are Sumi, 18, daughter of Sumit Gazi of Char Kaliganj and her brother Rabiul Gazi, 8.
The victims’ father said that his wife along with three of their children was going to Sadarghat to board a Barishal-bound launch in the evening, but their boat capsized in the mid-river.
Although his wife and elder son managed to swim ashore, his daughter and another son could not, he added.
The boat capsized due to strong current in the river as well as waves created by MV Sharuk-1, said Abdur Rajjak, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Naval Police Station.
On information, members of Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed there, he said, adding that divers were searching for the bodies.