Dhaka: Rescue workers recovered seven more bodies on Monday after a boat carrying religious pilgrims capsized in Bangladesh, taking the death toll to 32 with scores still missing, police said.
The small boat packed with mostly women and children on their way to a popular temple flipped over in a river as onlookers screamed in horror from the shore.
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The incident in a remote northern area was the latest in a string of similar tragedies blamed on poor maintenance and overcrowding in the low-lying delta country.
District police chief Sirajul Huda said the seven bodies were found in the Karotoa river downstream from where the boat capsized near the town of Boda. It carried around 90 people — more than the up to 50 pilgrims which police on Sunday said were aboard.
“Sixty people are still missing,” Huda told AFP.
