Kolkata hotel fire: Remains of 5 Bangladeshis to return through Benapole, 1 via Bhomra

Family of one of the victims wants her cremated in Kolkata 2 MIN(s) UPDATED 2 MIN(s) Kolkata Correspondent Onlookers and fire personnel gather at the site following a fire at a hotel in Kolkata on August 19, 2026. Photo: AFP The bodies of five Bangladeshi nationals who died in a fire at a hotel in Kolkata will be brought home through the Benapole border, while another victim’s body will be sent to Bangladesh through the Bhomra border in Satkhira.The mission has been working to complete the legal and administrative formalities so the bodies could be repatriated as soon as possible, Mohammad Khaled, deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata, said today.The five victims whose bodies will be taken through Benapole are Debashish Dutta, Afsana Shimmin, Swarnashish Dutta, Mohammad Akram A