The bodies of two students, who went missing after the collision between two boats in Kaptai Lake on Friday, have been recovered, reports UNB.
The deceased were Liton Chakma, 20, and Elina Chakma, 20, residents of Baghaichhari and Borokol upazilas.
Both of them were students of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level of Open University.
Liton's body was recovered by fishermen early Sunday while and the Elina's body by fire service workers on Sunday morning.
Ariful Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Langadu police station, said they in coordination with the fire service men carried out search operation till Saturday evening, but failed.
However, the fishermen and fireservice workers recovered the missing students’ bodies.
On Friday afternoon, seven people were injured and two others went missing in a head-on collision between a passenger carrying speedboat and a goods-laden boat in Kaptai Lake.
The passenger carrying boat was heading towards Langadu upazila from Rangamati Sadar.
Seven out of total nine passengers of the boat managed to swim ashore while the reset went missing.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
