11 bodies washed ashore in two months in Cox’s Bazar

News Desk :
11 bodies washed ashore in last two months in sea beaches of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf and Ukhiya upazila, bank of Naf river and Saint Martin’s sea beach.

The bodies were buried as unknown persons since their identities could not be revealed.

Police said the bodies were not of any local residents. It is assumed from their attire that they might be Rohingyas.

Meanwhile, a report published in the daily on 11 August from BBC said that 23 Rohingyas died in boat capsize en route Malaysia from Myanmar’s Rakhaine state. 30 more were missing and 8 were rescued so far.

Locals assume that the bodies washed ashore might be the missing people in shipwreck.

Teknaf officer in charge (OC) Md Zobair Syed told the media that details could be learnt after autopsy of the bodies recovered from Naf River and sea beaches of Cox’s Bazar.

Local residents and police said 11 human corpses and skeleton were recovered at Teknaf’s Sabrang, Shahparir Dwip, Howaikhyong, Baharchhara, Saint Martin’s and various points of Inani sea beach in Ukhiya upazila from 14 June to 11 August.

Body of a woman was recovered at Mundar Dale sea beach in Teknaf’s Sabrang on 14 June.

A beheaded body of a man was recovered at Patoartek point in Inani 15 June.

The following day, a human skeleton was recovered at Halbunia sea beach in Saint Martin’s island. A youth’s body was ashore near Sabrang tourism park in Teknaf on 3 July.

On 8 July, body of a youth was recovered from Naf river in Teknaf. A skeleton was found at a sea beach in Teknaf’s Shahparir Dwip on 20 July.

Body of children was recovered from Shahparir Dwip on 27 July. Skeleton of a youth was recovered from Uttar Shilkhali sea beach in Teknaf on 29 July.

A youth’s body washed ashore at Kataboniakhal near Sabrang tourism part on 3 August.

In latest incident on 11 August bodies of two young man and woman were recovered from Halbunia sea beach in Saint Martin’s island.

Bay of Bengal. River police recovered the bodies and buried these as unknown persons following post-mortem.”