Three children drown as 2 boats capsize

3 October 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Brahmanbaria

Three children were drowned in separate boat mishaps in two water bodies on Friday evening. The victims are Junaid, 7, and Ankhi, 3, son and daughter of Asanul Haque of Urokhia village under Nabibagar upazila and Purna, 4, daughter of Abdul Basid of Bagalpur village under Sadar upazila. Police and eyewitnesses said, a boat with 40 passengers capsized in Monipur Beel (water body) due to stormy weather while going to Urokhia village from Nabinagar upazila headquarters. All the passengers but Junaid and his sister Ankhi survived the mishap by swimming ashore. In the other mishap, a boat with 25 passengers overturned in Hatkhula Beel while going to Singerbeel village from Brahmanbaria Sadar. All but Purna, 4, swam ashore.