2 corpses recovered

Police said they have recovered two bodies from Meghna River, four days after local people of Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district noticed that some corpses floating in the river. However, the bodies could not yet be identified. One dead body was salvaged from Bogula Khal at Charking Union on Monday 12 noon, said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) SM Ahsrafuzzaman yesterday afternoon. One more body was salvaged from Killar Khal at 3pm, he said. But the Hatiya Upazila General Secretary of Workers Party, Anwar Hossain, claimed he saw another body being salvaged by police from Bou Bazar area. Police, however, did not confirm his claim. Locals in the area, where the Meghna flows into the sea, have been saying they have seen corpses floating in the past four days, according to bdnews24.com.