Missing teen’s body found in Bandarban

The Fire Service has recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl who went missing while swimming in the Sangu River in Rowangchhari of Bandarban.

The rescuers found the body of Adnin around 9am on Saturday.

However, Fire Service personnel are still looking for Adnin’s brother Ahanaf Akib, 22.

Earlier, 19-year-old Maria Islam’s body was recovered on Friday.


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Quoting locals, police said a tourist group of 10 had gone to visit a waterfall in the Sangu River. There, eight of them went swimming and were swept away by the strong current.

Locals managed to rescue six of the tourists and find Maria Islam’s body but were unable to locate the two siblings at the time.

Rowangchhari police station OC Abdul Mannan said a rescue operation had been launched to rescue the missing tourists.