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About 150 fishermen have been rescued so far among the missing in the trawler capsize of the coastal districts of Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar, said Naval police.
Many yet remain missing after their fishing trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather on Friday, said Akhtar Morshed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kuakata Naval police outpost.
Locals along with a rescue trawler of the fish wholesalers’ association in Patuakhli reached the fish landing centre with the rescued fishermen from Saturday evening to 11 pm on Sunday, the OC added.
Kuakata-Alipur Fish Depot Owners Association President Ansar Uddin Mollah said 13 fishermen were rescued from the Bay while 11 fishermen were rescued by the fishermen of Rayadighi of India. They are currently in the South Sundarban Fishermen and Fish Workers Union of India’s custody.
And the remaining fishermen were rescued by the trawlers of the owner's association and local fishermen.
However, at least 126 fishermen of seven trawlers of Alipur are still missing, he added.
Raju Ahmed Raja, general secretary of Mohipur Fish Depot Owners Association, said at least 130 fishermen of nine trawlers of Mohipur are still missing.
“Operation is on to rescue the missing fishermen and trawlers,” said the OC.
In Cox’s Bazar the members of the Coast Guard (CG) on Saturday recovered the bodies of five fishermen from the Bay of Bengal a day after a fishing trawler carrying 19 fishermen capsized amid the low depression in the sea on Friday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Abu Tayeb, Saiful Islam, Hossain Ahmad, Azizul Haque and Mohammad Absar, residents of Cox’s Bazar.
The fishing trawler ‘MB Mayer Dua’ carrying the 19 fishers capsized due to unrest in the sea at Najiratek Channel on Friday afternoon.
Of them, the CG could rescue 8 fishermen and three others were able to swim to safety while the rest went missing.
Of the missing, the bodies of the two fishermen were recovered by the CG men on Saturday and one other remains missing.
