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3 bodies recovered, several others missing as trawler capsizes in Padma

News Desk Accidents 2023-12-16, 9:17pm

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Three bodies were recovered but the identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.



At least three bodies were recovered and several others remained missing after a sand-laden bulkhead collided head-on with a trawler on Padma River near Hasail area of Tongibari Upazila of Munshiganj on Saturday evening.

The accident occurred at around 6 pm in the area when the bulkhead collided with Hasail-bound trawler, which was returning from a shoal in the river, leaving several passengers of trawler missing.

Later, three bodies were recovered but the identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. 

Officer-in-charge of Tongibari Police Station Razib Khan said three bodies have, so for, been recovered from the river and several others have remained missing.