Four of a family feared dead after trawler capsize

CUMILLA, Mar 23 (UNB): Shock gripped patents and relatives of constable Sohel Rana who along with wife and two children remained missing since a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Kishoreganj's Bhairab on Friday.

Rana, a constable of Bhairab Police Station, along with his wife Moushumi and two children-Mahmuda and Raisul-of Fatehabad village in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla, and twelve other people went for a joyous trip in Ashuganj Sonarampur char in the Meghna river on Friday.

When the trawler reached near Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge, it sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead in the evening, said Nurul Islam, member of Fatehabad union parishad.

Local people however, managed to rescue 12 people but eight people including Sohel and his family remained missing.

Rana's father Abdul Alim, mother and other family members went to Bhairab but they could not be traced them till Saturday afternoon. A pall of gloom descended the river bank area with the wailing of the parents.

Sohel joined Bangladesh police as constable in 2011.