
The deceased were identified as Morsheda Begum, 25, her daughter Suborno, 8, and Sufia Begum, 55.
Sadar thana OC AKM Abul Quashem said a boat with 35 passengers on board sailed for Char Digholdi from Bipin Sahar ghat at about 2:30pm. But, the boat suddenly broke into two pieces in the mid river.
All but two women and a child managed two swim ashore.
Ten injured passengers, hit by the straw made top cover of the boat, were undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital.
They are : Elachi Begum, Sajal, Ferdousi, Sumi, Jyotsna, Mahmuda Morsheda, Mahmuda, Maria and Sufia.
Passengers alleged that the boat sank due to overloading of timber and other goods
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