Barisal Correspondent :
MV Bagerhat-2, a double-decker passenger launch plying on Galachipa-Dhaka route with 5 hundred passengers on board stuck on under water shoal after collided with another vessel on early Monday and salvaged 8 hours later on Monday afternoon.
Azizur Rahman, officer in charge of Bakerganj Police Station, said MV Bagerhut-2 stuck in a shoal of Karkhana River and salvaged at 1:00 pm and reached its final destination on Monday afternoon.
Mustafizur Rahman, Barisal River Port Officer, acknowledging the facts there said were no causality.
Sagor Mia, driver of Galachipa (under Patuakhali district )bound double-deck launch MV Bagerhut-2, said their vessel stuck on a under water shoal of Karkhana River under Bakerganj Upazila creating panic and causing sufferings of the passengers on board.
MV Bagerhat-2 left Dhaka Sadargat river port on Sunday night and while crossing Karkhana River, Patuakhali bound another launch MV MR Khan hit them at 5:00 am Monday. Then MV Bagerhut-2 stuck on a shoal of Karkhana River, he added. Md Ujjal, one of passenger of MV Bagerhut-2, said after the collision we became panicked.
MV Bagerhut-2 collided and stuck on shoal as master (captain) of the vessel failed to follow route safety-markings, claimed Abdur Razzak, port officer of Patuakhali.
