Desk Report
Publish: 28 Aug 2021, 05:55 pm
The deceased body is being handed over to relatives || Photo: Collected
The death toll
from the tragic incident of trawler capsize in Brahmanbaria reached 22 with the
recovery of another body of a minor girl on Saturday morning.
Divers
recovered the body of Nasran, 3, from the Laiska Canal in the morning.
Officials said
11 women, eight children and three men were among the deceased.
Meanwhile, police arrested three people, including the driver of the trawler that hit the ill-fated one from Char Islampur in Bijoynagar upazila of the district on Friday evening.
Mozammel
Hossain Reza, additional superintendent of Brahmanbaria Sadar Circle, said
local people caught trawler driver Jamir Mia, 35, Mohammad Khokon, 22, and
Mohamamd Russel, 18, while they were fleeing the scene and handed them over to
police.
On Friday evening,
over 20 people drowned and many more went missing as the trawler sank after
being hit by another sand-laden one in the Laiska Canal.
The deceased
were identified as Takua, 8, daughter of Abdullah, Arif Billah, 20, Manju
Begum, 60, Farida Begum, 40, Munni Begum, 6, Minara Begum, 42, Anjana Biswas,
30, Tridiba Biswas, 3, Kamala Begum, 45, Momena Begum, 55, Kajla Begum, 35,
Tasfia Meem, 12, Tanvir, 8, Sajim, 7, Sharmin, 18, Jharna Begum, 55, Mahida Akter,
5, Sirajul Islam, 58, Rabuna Begum, 40 and Sajid, 3.
Officer-in-charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar Model Police Station Md Imranul Islam told media that fire service divers have been working relentlessly to trace out the missing passengers.
A witness,
identifying himself as Rizvi, said the trawler was carrying nearly 100
passengers.
Bangladesh, a delta nation crisscrossed by more than 230 rivers, sees such tragic incidents regularly.
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