Launch capsize: 30 bodies recovered from Buriganga

Bodies of 30 people including eight women and three children were recovered after a launch, carrying over 150 passengers, capsized in the Buriganga river on Monday morning, reports UNB.

30 bodies were retrieved from the sunken launch, the news agency quoted Rozina Akhter, duty officer of fire service headquarters control room, to say.

The bodies were sent to Mitford Hospital.

Shajahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media) of the fire service and civil defence headquarters, said that the sunken launch was traced around 11:33am.

According to the duty officer at the control room of fire service, the Dhaka-bound MV Morning Bird launch from Munshiganj sank in the river around 9:33 am after being hit by another launch Mayur-2 while the launch was anchoring in Farashganj ghat.

On information, fire service divers rushed to spot and started the rescue operation, said the official.

According to witnesses, around 50 passengers managed to swim ashore with the help of locals.