The bodies of three missing children were recovered from Brahmaputra in Kurigram.

Rafiqul Islam Rafiq, Kurigram District Representative:

The bodies of three of the four children who went missing after going down to bathe in the Brahmaputra river in Narayanpur, union of Kurigram's Nageshwari upazila have been recovered. 1 child is still missing, locals rescued one from Nageshwari, Ulipur and Chilmari upazilas of the district since Thursday morning.

A few children went to take a bath in the Brahmaputra in their village in Narayanpur on Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, four children went missing due to the sudden stormy waves. After searching the river from noon to evening, nothing was found. Finally, the locals recovered their floating bodies from different places downstream from Thursday morning. Missing Ankhi Khatun was not found till 12 noon on Thursday.

The identity of the recovered body has been confirmed. They are Jewel (7) son of Alam Mia of Baghmara village of Narayanpur, Nazmul Hossain (7) son of Nazrul Islam of Char village in Ashtashi and Atiq Hossain (7) son of Ahad Ali. Ahad Ali's daughter and Atiq's sister Ankhi Khatun (9) is still missing.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kachakata Police Station Vishwadev Roy confirmed this information.

The OC said that on Thursday morning, the locals recovered the floating body of Atiq Hossain in Kachakata Thana area of Nageshwari, a few kilometers downstream from the incident site. Later, Nazmul in Begumganj Union area of Ulipur and Jewel's body in Raniganj Union area of Chilmari were found floating in the Brahmaputra by locals. The bodies were recovered at different places as they were swept away by the current.