One missing as lighter vessel capsizes in Bay
A man remains missing after an ash-carrying lighter vessel capsized in the Bay in Sandwip upazila of Chittagong last night.
Ruhul Amin, 40, hailing from Feni, went missing after MVBarshan-3 capsized 12 nautical miles off the upazila between 8:00pm and 10:30pm due to strong surge of waves and rough winds, vessel master Md Moniruzzaman told The Daily Star today.
Eleven other staff of the vessel managed to swim ashore, Moniruzzaman said.
Sea water rushed into the vessel through a crack developed in the violent jolting, he said adding as result the vessel gradually sank.
MVBarshan-3, carrying 12 people and around 856 metric tonnes of fly ash,
was coming to Banglabazar Majhir Ghat in Chittagong from Khulna ghat No. 4, the master added.
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