The Coast Guard members could not trace the missing two students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) yet until Saturday night.
Lieutenant Quazi Harun-ur Rashid, commander of the Coast Guard’s Teknaf Station, told the Dhaka Tribune that they are still hopeful of recovering the missing students.
He said the coast guard team, in cooperation with the local administration, has searched the possible spots of Saint Martina and Teknaf on Saturday.
They have been continuing searching across the island relentlessly for the missing students. They have also been contacting with the Myanmar coast in this regard.
Istiaq Bin Mahmud alias Uday and Sabbir Hossain Sagoto, along with two others, had gone missing from Saint Martin’s Island on Monday after going swimming.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Coast Guard recovered two bodies. But, Uday and and Sabbir are still missing.
Earlier on Monday, 34 students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of AUST went to the island on an excursion and checked into Senchur Hotel. Surge pushed ten of them far away as they went swimming. Of the ten, locals and the Coast Guard managed to rescue six while two of them – Monfezul Islam and Saddam Hossain – died later in hospital.
