Cox’s Bazar: Seventeen more bodies were recovered on Thursday morning from Naf River in Shah Porir Dwip area in Teknaf upazila where a boat capsized in the river on Wednesday night.

The identity of the victims — 10 children and seven women—could not be known immediately.

With the recovery of 17 bodies, the death toll from Rohingya boat capsize rises to 21.

Local sources said hundreds of Rohingyas from Myanmar have already reached Shah Parir Dwip riding on boats last night.

When the fleet reached Majhir ghat point near Shah Parir Dwip, one of the boats capsized around 11:30 pm and sank when all its passengers went missing.

Later, locals and newly intruded Rohingyas spotted 17 bodies floating at several points of the Naf River in the morning and informed police, said M Mainuddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.

A team of police rushed in and recovered the bodies that include 10 children and seven females, said the OC.

On Wednesday, four bodies of Rohingyas were recovered from Naf river after a boat, carrying around 25 Rohingyas, capsized.