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Death toll in Narayanganj launch capsize rises to 27 317 DHAKA, Apr 5, 2021 (BSS) – The rescue operation has been wrapped up today after the fire service retrieved 27 bodies so far from the Munshiganj bound launch that capsized in the Shitalakkya River in Narayanganj with over 50 passengers on Sunday evening. “The rescue vessel ‘Prattoy’ tugged out the sunken launch on the river bank through crane and rescued the dead bodies by turns after searching inside the launch,” confirmed Commodore M Sadeque, Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). The rescue salvage operation has been declared abandoned, said the official. Quoting fire service personnel BSS Narayanganj correspondent added that the fire service diver’s team along with the coast guard launched the rescue operation at around 5.30am this morning and rescued twenty-two more bodies of male-female and children from the wreckage .

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