Two youths, including a medical student, were killed and five others injured when a boat capsized in a beel (wetland) in Sherpur.
The deceased are Mosharraf Hossain Milton 22, a second-year student at Rangpur Medical College and son of Sohrab Mia of South Kanduli village, and Md Amanullah 19, son of Sada Mia.
The injured were admitted to Sherpur General Hospital.
The incident occurred at about 2:30pm on Friday in Kanduli area of Jhenaigati upazila.
According to police, hospital, and locals, Milton, the medical student from South Kanduli village, along with some friends, rented two boats. While in the middle of the beel, one of the boats suddenly capsized, causing the passengers to drown as they couldn鈥檛 swim.
The boatmen and passengers from the other boat rescued them and took them to Jhenaigati Upazila Health Complex.
As their condition worsened, they were moved to Sherpur General Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared medical student Mosharraf Hossain Milton and Amanullah dead.
Dr Khairul Kabir Sumon, residential medical officer of Sherpur General Hospital, said that some people were brought to the district hospital following the boat capsize in Jhenaigati beel. He mentioned that two of them had died before reaching the hospital.
Md Shafiqul, chairman of Dhanshail union in Jhenaigati, said that the incident took place in the Dhali beel.
Inspector (investigation) of the Jhenaigati police station Iskandar Habib said that a duty officer was sent to the scene immediately after learning about the casualties in the boat capsize. Further legal actions are currently in process regarding the incident, he added.