Three, including 7-year-old, drown in Bay of Bengal
According to police, a total of six members belonging to two families from Kolkata had gone on a weekend trip to Henry’s Island, when, three of them got pulled by tidal waves as body of the seven-year-old girl was found by coastal guards on Sunday.
Bangladeshis stand by the coast of the Bay of Bengal, before the expected landfall of tropical storm Mora in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Monday, May 29, 2017. Bangladesh is bracing for its first cyclone of the year, with more than 1,000 shelters set up for people who may need to evacuate as the storm approaches the low-lying delta nation. Officials expect at least 15 districts, including Cox's Bazar and Chittagong, to be inundated by the storm surge. (AP Photo)
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Three tourists, including a seven-year-old girl, drowned in the Bay of Bengal along South-24 Parganas coastline Saturday. The incident took place at Henry’s Island sea beach in South-24 Parganas — about 130 kms from Kolkata. Somraj Gupta of Kasba in south Kolkata was swept away along with his seven-year-old daughter, Somrina, while bathing on Saturday afternoon. A family friend, Rishita Pramanik, was also pulled into the sea. Rishita’s body was found at Namkhana, which is 25 kms away from Henry’s Island. On Sunday, Somraj’s body was found at Haripur near Frezerganj coastal police station.
The body of the seven-year-old girl was found by coastal guards on Sunday. All three bodies were sent for postmortem.
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According to police, a total of six members belonging to two families from Kolkata had gone on a weekend trip to Henry’s Island. However, three of them got pulled into the sea by tidal waves.
