The bodies of eight Bangladeshi migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Libya have been handed over to their families. They received the bodies from police in the presence of Executive Magistrate Sayem Imran at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s morgue on Friday. The dead are Mamun Sheikh, Sajal Boiragi, Nayan Biswas, Rifat Sheikh, Sajeeb Kazi, Imrul Kayes Apon, Md Kaiser and Rasel Sheikh – five from Madaripur and three from Gopalganj. Still, the investigator, a magistrate and a forensic doctor examined the bodies and reports from the Tunisian authorities. The eight victims and others who were kept in the boat’s hold could not get out when the boat started to sink, he said.

Source: bd News24 May 03, 2024 14:43 UTC