Body of another missing ASI found

Body of missing ASI Mahtab Hossain,35, was recovered from Charvatakanda area of Dhansiri-Gabkhan-Bishkhali estuary on Tuesday.

Jhalakati police sources said local people recovered the decomposed floating body.

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After its recovery police sent it to his village home at Puthia in Rajshahi district after proper identification.

A patrol boat of Jhalakati Police Station capsized with 10 cops at a place four miles away from Jhalakati town after being hit at night by a launch, MV Belayet on January 21.

The cops were on an operation to Ponabalia to nab criminals. Both the vessels were running without marking and searchlights. All but two cops ASI Nizamuddin and ASI Mahtab managed to save their lives by swimming.

The body of ASI Nizamuddin was recovered from a nearby shoal of the spot of accident two days later.

Eight firearms with about three hundred rounds of ammunition drowned.