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Police have recovered the bodies of two tourists from a mountain gorge adjacent to the Bagalek View Point on Keokradong Road in Ruma Upazila of Bandarban. Their bodies were recovered around 11pm on Thursday (July 30).The deceased were identified as Md. Jamir Uddin (32) and Rokaiya Akhter (30).The deceased, Jamir Uddin, is the son of Zahir Uddin of Manikarhat Boro Manika area of Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola district. On the other hand, Rokaiya Akhter is the daughter of Md. Chunnu Gazi of Posta TSO area of Lalbagh police station in Dhaka. Police and locals said that a total of 10 tourists on six motorcycles left Dhaka for Bandarban at around 11:30 pm on Wednesday (July 29) and reached Ruma upazila. Later, at around 2:30 pm on Thursday (July 30), they went to the Bagalek area and stayed at a cottage for the night.
Around 5:30 pm, 10 tourists went to visit the Bagalek View Point. After taking pictures there, eight of them returned, but Jamir Uddin and Rokaiya Akhter disobeyed the guide’s ban and went ahead on their motorcycles past the view point. Later, based on the guide’s information, a search operation was launched at night by the army, police and locals. The bodies of the two tourists were recovered from a mountain gorge adjacent to the view point around 11 pm. Ruma Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Manas Barua said the bodies of two tourists have been recovered from a mountain gorge in the Bagalek View Point area. The OC said the accident occurred because the motorcycle was not able to be driven in a very remote and mountainous area. He added that the bodies have been recovered and sent to the Bandarban Sadar Hospital morgue.
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