Two missing after lighter vessel sinks near Ctg port

Two people went missing after a lighter vessel with around 1,000 tonnes of scrap iron capsized when a foreign cargo vessel hit it at the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port yesterday.

Abdur Rahim, master of the lighter vessel, “Char Shyamal”; and Mohammad Motaleb, a sailor, were not found till last evening, said Mahbubur Rashid, executive director of Water Transport Cell (WTC), a private organisation coordinating the schedules of lighter vessels.

Other eight crewmen of “Char Shyamal” were, however, rescued by the crewmen of other vessels, he added.

The vessel was heading towards Karnaphuli Ghat, said WTC sources.