UNB, Bagerhat :
The death toll from Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.
The bodies of those recovered yesterday were identified as of Nasima Begum, wife of Jahid Hossain of Sharankhola upazila, Laboni Begum, 18,
of Morelganj upazila and Nasrin Begum, 35, wife of Khalil Talukdar of Indurkani upazila in Pirojpur district. Informed by locals, a Fire Service team recovered the three bodies from different points of the river in the morning.
Earlier, members of Coast Guard, Fire Service, Navy and police recovered nine bodies from the river on Wednesday, said Masud Sardar, a deputy director at Bangerhat Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Two children- Hasib, 6, and Rahat, 10, who had gone missing after the accident, are yet to be traced, said Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station.
The trawler, carrying some 100 passengers, sank in the river on Tuesday morning while it was heading towards Purano thana ghat from Srombaria.
The death toll from Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.
The bodies of those recovered yesterday were identified as of Nasima Begum, wife of Jahid Hossain of Sharankhola upazila, Laboni Begum, 18,
of Morelganj upazila and Nasrin Begum, 35, wife of Khalil Talukdar of Indurkani upazila in Pirojpur district. Informed by locals, a Fire Service team recovered the three bodies from different points of the river in the morning.
Earlier, members of Coast Guard, Fire Service, Navy and police recovered nine bodies from the river on Wednesday, said Masud Sardar, a deputy director at Bangerhat Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Two children- Hasib, 6, and Rahat, 10, who had gone missing after the accident, are yet to be traced, said Rashedul Alam, officer-in-charge of Morelganj Police Station.
The trawler, carrying some 100 passengers, sank in the river on Tuesday morning while it was heading towards Purano thana ghat from Srombaria.
