UNB, Chittagong :
Members of Bangladesh Navy detected the sunken trawler, ‘FV Bandhan’, under the sea, 28 nautical miles west
off Saint Martin’s Island on Saturday, a day after it capsized leaving one man dead and 26 people missing.
Commander of Navy Detective Directorate Shamim told UNB that rescue vessel ‘Adamya’ of Bangladesh Navy found the image of an object like the sunken trawler in the morning which was 27 metres in length and 8 metres in width 120 feet through sonar processing near the spot where the fishing trawler sank.
Later in the afternoon, they got sure that it was the sunken trawler, the commander said.
However, no new bodies were recovered till filing of the report around 2 pm. Earlier, a man died and at least 26 people went missing as ‘FB Bandhan’ of Bengal Fisheries Limited with 29 crewmembers on board capsized in the Bay after being hit by another trawler as it was heading towards the deep sea for fishing.
On information, Navy patrol ship ‘Samudra Joy’ rushed in and rescued two people and recovered the body of another while the others went missing.
