Bangladesh: Fleeing Bhasan Char, Over 20 Rohingyas missing after boat capsizes in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, 15 August 2021, (TON): At least 20 Rohingyas went missing after a boat, carrying 30 of the community, capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard said “the Rohingyas were fleeing Bhasan Char at midnight.”

Captain Kazi Shah Alam, zonal commander of Coast Guard (East), said “the boat capsized in the middle of the sea, around 10 to 15 kilometres off Bhasan Char.”

He added “our rescue vessels have already reached the spot and our team conducting a rescue mission there to find the missing Rohingyas."

According to sources in Bangladesh Coast Guard, around 30 Rohingyas fled Bhasan Char that night by boat. Travelling for around two and a half hours at the Bay, the boat capsized.

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