2 missing as trawler with bridal party sinks in Meghna
Two people went missing after a trawler carrying a bridal party capsized in the Meghna River at Matiala under Hizla upazila of the district yesterday.
They are Idris Majhi, 80, grandfather, and Mahinur Begum, 31, maternal aunt of the bridegroom.
Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Hizla Police Station, said around 40 people were going to the marriage ceremony of Saiful Majhi, 22, son of Ramij Majhi, from the upazila's Shangkarpasha to Kakuria, home of the bride.
The trawler was caught in a storm at Matiala area around 3:00pm and sank into the Meghna, said Abdul Malek, one of the trawler passengers.
Local people and fishermen rescued all the passengers of the trawler except the missing two, police said.
Police and divers have been sent to the spot to search for the missing people, the OC said.
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