Fire Service recovers bodies of two 'missing workers'

MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 20 (UNB): The bodies of two workers, who along with 18 others went missing after a sand-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River on Tuesday, were recovered Sunday on the 6th day of the rescue operation.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

Mostofa Mohsin, assistant director (Diving) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said they recovered one of the bodies from Munshiganj Launch Ghat around 9:00 am while the other one from Shatnal area in Chandpur district around 12:00 pm.

"We are not sure if there is any body of the missing workers of the capsized trawler," he added.

Two rescue teams started their operations around 8:00 am Sunday and have been trying to trace the trawler through side scan sound wave.

Besides, divers of Bangladesh Navy, Fire Service, BIWTC, Coast Guard and River police are also trying to locate the trawler.

Earlier on Friday, a case was filed against three people in connection with the incident.

The trawler, carrying 34 workers from Cumilla, sank in the river at Charjhapta in Sadar upazila around 3:00 am on Tuesday after it collided with an oil-laden tanker while heading towards Fatulla in Narayanganj.