1 missing as boat sinks in Chandpur

A man went missing after a boat capsized in the Dhangoda River in Chandpur district on Friday , police said on Saturday.

The missing man was identified as Hazrat Ali, 38, a boatman and a resident of Kawadi Nandanpur village of Daudkandi upazila (Cumilla).

According to police, the brick-laden boat capsized in the river at Nandalalpur around 5.30 pm on Friday.

Locals said that the boat sank in the river as strong wave hit it while a speeding trawler was crossing the area.

He managed tosave his 4-year old son Hasib and 10-year old nephew Imran before he drowned.

Officer-in-charge of Matlab Uttar Police Station Md. Shahjahan Kamal said that fire service divers have been conducting a rescue operation since Friday night but couldn’t find his body yet.

Six boat capsize incidents took place in March this year where a total of 15 people died and 5 fishermen went missing while the capsize of a launch in Narayanganj district at Bandar upazila which sink with 50 people from where only 9 dead bodies were identified.