Trawler carrying 28 sacrificial cows capsizes in Padma River

MANIKGANJ, June 24 (UNB): An engine-run trawler carrying 28 sacrificial cows capsized in the Padma River due to severe tides in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj on Saturday.
Cattle traders and locals said the trawler carrying 47 sacrificial cows, 24 traders and farmers was heading towards Mograpara of Narayanganj from Chauhali upazila of Sirajganj in the morning.
Suddenly, the trawler was hit by the tide in the river in Sutrokandi area under Kanchanpur union of the Harirampur upazila around 9:00am, according to the victims.
Fortunately, 19 cattle could swim ashore as the traders cut the ropes before sinking the trawler. All the traders also could swim ashore.
Trader Khaleque Miah said he had nine cows and of them seven went missing in the trawler capsize incident.
The trawler with 28 cows capsized in the river, Harirampur Upazila Nirbhai Officer Md Shahriar Rahman said, adding that bodies of two cows were recovered from the river later.