Three missing tourists found dead in Bay of Bengal

Three tourists, who went missing from the Banshbaria sea beach area in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, were found dead on Saturday.

Chattogram Bureaubdnews24.com
Published : 7 July 2018, 11:36 AM
Updated : 7 July 2018, 11:36 AM

The dead have been identified as Saiful, 24, Alauddin, 20, and Yeasin, 18.

Saiful was a resident of Chattogram’s Mirsharai area while Alauddin and Yeasin hailed from Chandpur’s Kachua and Shahrasti Upazila respectively.

Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan, deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service, confirmed the deaths to bdnews24.com.

A joint team involving the fire service, the coast guard and Navy retrieved the bodies, he said.

The three went missing in the Bay of Bengal after a group of 20 or 26 youths from Chattogram went to bathe in the sea on Friday.