UNB, Bagerhat :
The bodies of eight more people, who had gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila on Tuesday morning, were recovered from the river on Thursday, raising the death toll from the accident to 14.
The deceased were identified as Sultan Ahmed, 60, Abdul Majid, 65 of Kachikata village, Sazzad, son of Shah Alam, Ansar Ali, son of Abdul Gafur and
Rafiqul Islam, 35 of Kalikabari village, Salma Begum, 30, Nazmul Sheikh, 6 in the upazila and Abir, 28 of Sarankhola upazila.
With this, the bodies of 13 people have so far been recovered while nine others still remained missing, said Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station.
Being informed by local people, a team of Fire Service recovered the eight bodies from different points of the river from morning to noon, said assistant deputy director of Bangerhat Fire Service and Civil Defense Masud Sardar. Earlier, on Wednesday, members of Fire Service, Coast Guards, Bangladesh Navy, police and local people retrieved the body of Rima Begum, 22, wife of Nawab Ali of Putkhali village of the upazila. “Thirteen people still remain missing,” Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station told journalists yesterday morning.
The trawler, carrying some 100 passengers, sank in the river on Tuesday morning while it was heading towards Purano thana ghat from Srombaria.
The bodies of eight more people, who had gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila on Tuesday morning, were recovered from the river on Thursday, raising the death toll from the accident to 14.
The deceased were identified as Sultan Ahmed, 60, Abdul Majid, 65 of Kachikata village, Sazzad, son of Shah Alam, Ansar Ali, son of Abdul Gafur and
Rafiqul Islam, 35 of Kalikabari village, Salma Begum, 30, Nazmul Sheikh, 6 in the upazila and Abir, 28 of Sarankhola upazila.
With this, the bodies of 13 people have so far been recovered while nine others still remained missing, said Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station.
Being informed by local people, a team of Fire Service recovered the eight bodies from different points of the river from morning to noon, said assistant deputy director of Bangerhat Fire Service and Civil Defense Masud Sardar. Earlier, on Wednesday, members of Fire Service, Coast Guards, Bangladesh Navy, police and local people retrieved the body of Rima Begum, 22, wife of Nawab Ali of Putkhali village of the upazila. “Thirteen people still remain missing,” Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station told journalists yesterday morning.
The trawler, carrying some 100 passengers, sank in the river on Tuesday morning while it was heading towards Purano thana ghat from Srombaria.
