A father and his son were washed away while bathing at Cox’s Bazar sea beach on Monday afternoon.
With this incident, four people have drowned in the sea over the past two days.
The victims were Shahinur Rahman, 60, and his son Mohammad Sifat, 20, from Rajshahi Sadar.
Executive Magistrate of the District Tourism Cell Nafis Intesar Nafi, said both the father and son drowned around 1:30pm at the Kolatoli point of the beach while bathing.
Earlier, on Sunday afternoon, 35-year-old tourist Rajib Ahmed from DC Road in Chittagong went missing while swimming at Laboni Point.
His body was found later that night near the Diabetic Point area.
Also on Sunday morning, Mohammad Nuru from Cox’s Bazar’s Baharchhara area went missing while fishing recreationally at Shaibal Point.
His body surfaced on Monday morning near Nazirartek Point, at the estuary of the Bakkhali River.
Quoting locals, Magistrate Nafis said Shahinur had arrived in Cox’s Bazar with his wife and two sons and checked into Hotel Sea Crown.
He and one of his sons were swept away by strong waves while bathing.
Lifeguards pulled them from the water in critical condition, but both were declared dead at Cox’s Bazar District Hospital.
Their bodies have been kept at the hospital morgue.
