Ukhiya, Oct 28 (V7N) – The bodies of 10 people killed in a fire at TupTup Restaurant and Resort in Inani’s Patuartek area of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, have been handed over to their families. Meanwhile, the body of missing schoolteacher Nasrin Akter Mukta was recovered from a pond beside the resort on Tuesday, 10 days after the fire.
Police and Fire Service personnel recovered Mukta’s body at around 2:30pm after resuming searches in the resort area. The body was later sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
At the same time, Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Md Abdul Mannan handed over the bodies of the 10 fire victims to their relatives at the hospital morgue.
On Monday, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) identified the 10 victims through DNA testing.
Among the deceased were Mohammad Nahidur Rahman, 41, an employee of Grand Power Limited in Dhaka’s Shyamoli; his wife, Afsana Matin, 36; and their two daughters, Rozaina Inaya, 9, and Munaina Ihana, 6. The family hailed from Manirampur in Jashore.
The other six victims were Moulita Mehjabin Alvi, 19; Laila Jahan Nabila, 25; Israt Jahan Maliha, 27; Faria Kabir, 33; Faria’s son Mohammad Faizan Noor, 6; and her brother Mohammad Nafis Tehami, 24. Their homes were in Dhaka’s Banasree and Khilgaon areas and Amtali in Barguna.
Schoolteacher Nasrin Akter Mukta had remained missing since the fire. Police and Fire Service personnel resumed searching the resort premises on Tuesday. After nearly two hours, they found her body in a pond beside the resort.
Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman Majumder confirmed the recovery, identifying the body as that of Mukta.
Ukhiya Upazila Nirbahi Officer Panna Akter also confirmed that the body of a person missing since the fire had been recovered and taken to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
The fire broke out at TupTup Restaurant and Resort on October 17, killing 10 people. Mukta had been missing since the incident. Her recovery on Tuesday brought the search for the missing teacher to an end.
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