Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 2 more bodies recovered
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Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 2 more bodies recovered

Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 2 more bodies recovered


A Coast Guard team on Sunday fished out the bodies of two more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, two days after a fishing trawler carrying 19 fishermen capsized amid inclement weather.

The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain and Nurul Islam.

Local fishermen spotted the bodies at Najirartek Channel of the Bay in the afternoon and informed the coast guard, said Selim Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station.

So far, seven bodies have been recovered from the Bay, he added.

On Sunday morning, coast guard members recovered the bodies of three fishermen from Maheshkhali Sonadia channel.

They were Hossain Ahmad, Azizul Haque and Mohammad Absar, residents of Sadar upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 2 more bodies recovered

On Saturday, Coast Guard members fished out bodies of two fishermen from Maheshkhali and Sonadia channels.

On Friday afternoon, fishing trawler ‘MB Mayer Doa’ carrying 19 fishermen capsized at Najirartek Channel, said M Hamidul Islam, contingent commander of the CG East Zone in Cox’s Bazar Station.

Of them, eight fishermen were rescued and three others managed to swim ashore.

A rescue operation is underway to trace the lone fisher who remains missing, he added.

 

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