Divers have found five more bodies from the Buriganga River on Saturday. This takes the death toll in Thursday’s trawler capsize near Dhaka’s Keraniganj to 16.
Fire service officials say the rescue operation will continue on Saturdaythough it is not clear if any more are reported missing.
Narayanganj Fire Service Assistant Director Md Momtaz Uddin said that five bodies were found after their divers resumed rescue operations on Saturday morning.
Two of the victims, hailing from Dhaka’s Lalbagh area, have been identified.
The other three are between 20 and 25 years of age.
A trawler, with nearly 80 passengers on board, capsized on Thursday after it was hit by a sand-laden cargo vessel near Narayanganj.
Keraniganj Police’s Inspector Abu Siddique said the trawler started for Dhaka from Chandpur’s Matlab Upazila.
It sank around 12:45pm at Aliganj of Keraniganj.
Most of the passengers managed to swim across the banks with the help of locals, but some were believed to be missing, said Inspector Siddique.
Naraynganj’s Deputy Commissioner Anisur Rahman Mia said Fatulla police and coastguards were conducting the rescue operations.
Eight bodies were recovered until Thursday evening and three more were found on Friday.
Saturday 4 April 2015
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