A UP chairman candidate drowned and eight of his supporters went missing as a boat capsized in Jadukata river in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday night.
When chairman candidate of Uttar Badaghat union parishad Abdus Samad along with his 20 to 30 supporters were crossing Jadukata river to go to Laurer Gar village for election campaigning the boat carrying them sank in the river at 8:00pm.
Some 10 passengers managed to swim ashore while the rest went missing.
Local people recovered the body of Abdus Samad from the river after a hectic search at night.
Four of the missing people were Siddique Miah, Ramjan Ali, Al Amin and Ibrahim, residents of various villages of Badaghat union of Tahirpur upazila.
Source : New Age
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