3 fishermen drown as trawler sinks in Meghna
Three fishermen drowned as a trawler with 10 fishermen on board capsized in the Meghna River in Hatiya upazila of the district yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Jamal Majhi, 50, Abdul Motin, 25, and Mohammad Rakib, 19. They all hailed from Sunnerchar village under Burirchar union in the upazila.
The remaining seven were rescued by local fishermen and admitted to Hatiya Upazila Health Complex and other private clinics in the upazila.
Nurul Huda, officer-in-charge of Hatiya Police Station, quoted trawler owner Ruhul Amin as saying that the trawler carrying 10 fishermen sank near the Surjamukhi Canal during a storm around 8:00am.
The bodies of the three fishermen were found floating in the river around 11:00am, the OC added.
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