Cox's Bazar TupTup Resort fire: 10 DNA-identified bodies handed to families, missing teacher Mukta's body found in pond
The bodies of 10 people killed in the fire at TupTup Resort at Patuartek, Inani, in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, have been handed over to their relatives. On Tuesday (October 27) at around 2:30pm, Deputy Commissioner Md Abdul Mannan handed over the bodies at the morgue of Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
Schoolteacher Nasrin Akter Mukta had been missing since the fire. On Tuesday, police and the Fire Service searched the resort area again for her. After a search of about two hours, a body was recovered at around 2:30pm from a pond beside the resort. The body was found 10 days after the fire.
Ukhiya police station officer-in-charge Atikur Rahman Majumdar confirmed the recovery. He said the recovered body is believed to be that of the missing Nasrin Akter Mukta. The body is being sent to the Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue.
Police said the necessary process will be completed to confirm the identity. Only after that process at the morgue will it be finally known whether the body is Mukta's.
Earlier, on Monday, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police identified the 10 fire victims through DNA testing. Following that identification, their bodies were handed over to relatives on Tuesday.
Four of the dead were from one family: Mohammad Nahidur Rahman (41), an official of Grand Power Limited in Dhaka's Shyamoli, his wife Afsana Matin (36), and their two daughters Rozaia Inaya (9) and Munaina Ihana (6). Their home is in Monirampur, Jashore.
The six dead from the other family are Moulita Mehjabin Alvi (19), Laila Jahan Nabila (25), Israt Jahan Malihya (27), Faria Kabir (33), Faria's son Mohammad Faizan Nur (6) and her brother Mohammad Nafis Tehami (24). Their homes are in Dhaka's Banshree and Khilgaon and in Amtali, Barguna.
The missing teacher, Nasrin Akter Mukta, was 27. She taught at Swapnobhilash Niribili School in Ashulia, Savar. She had come to Cox's Bazar on a trip with two friends, and there had been no trace of her since the fire.
On Tuesday afternoon, members of the police and Fire Service began a fresh search of the TupTup Resort area. After about two hours, the body was recovered from the pond beside the resort.
