Cox’s Bazar Correspondent:

The body of a BGB member was recovered from the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning, two days after he went missing while rescuing Rohingyas in the sea in Cox’s Bazar.

The deceased, Mohammad Belal, was posted as a soldier at an outpost along the Shah Porir Dwip border in Sabranj union of Teknaf upazila.

A rifle and four rounds of bullets with him were still missing, said Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sheikh Ahsan Uddin.

Earlier on Friday midnight, a boat carrying Rohingyas capsized in the sea while trying to intrude into Bangladesh from Myanmar.

Being informed, the BGB rescued 24 of them and BGB member Belal went missing.

On Saturday evening, the BGB personnel retrieved four floating bodies of the Rohingyas from the sea.