Ten days after a fire broke out at Tup-Tup Resort in Inani, Ukhiya, the body of missing school teacher Nasrin Akhter Mukta (27) has been recovered. On Tuesday (October 27), led and supervised by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Panna Aktar with assistance from police and fire service, the search operation successfully retrieved the body from beneath a pile of tin sheets beside a burnt room of the resort.
Her husband, Dewan Faisal, identified the body as Mukta. With this recovery, the death toll from the fire incident has risen to 11.
Following the fire, the identities of 10 recovered bodies were verified through DNA testing by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police. However, none of those samples matched Mukta's DNA profile. Subsequently, upon directives from the Deputy Commissioner, local administration launched a fresh search operation to locate her.
UNO Panna Aktar stated that relevant authorities were contacted in search of the missing teacher. With their assistance, a continuous two-hour search operation conducted on Tuesday afternoon led to the recovery of the body.
Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Atiqur Rahman Majumder stated that the recovered body is believed to be Mukta. The body has been sent to the Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue and will be handed over to her family following legal procedures.
Mukta was a teacher at Shopnopilas Niribili School located in Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka. She had traveled to Cox's Bazar on a leisure trip with two female friends. Her husband, Dewan Faisal, is a former leader of the Dhaka District National Socialist Student Front (Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal).
Meanwhile, the bodies of the other 10 victims killed in the fire were handed over to their relatives around 2:30 PM on Tuesday by Deputy Commissioner Md. Abdul Mannan from the Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue.
Among the victims were Mohammad Nahidur Rahman (41), an official of Grand Power Limited in Shyamoli, Dhaka; his wife Afsana Matin (36); and their two daughters, Rozaina Inaya (9) and Munaina Ihana (6). Their residence was in Monirampur, Jashore.
The six deceased members of another family were Moulita Mehzabin Alvi (19), Laila Jahan Nabila (25), Israt Jahan Maliha (27), Faria Kabir (33), her son Mohammad Faizan Noor (6), and Faria's brother Mohammad Nafis Tehami (24). Their residences were in Banasri and Khilgaon areas of Dhaka and Amtali in Barguna.
— Daily Best News Desk • Fearless in the search for truth
Reported by Sayeed Mohammed Anwar, Special Correspondent, Cox's Bazar • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].
