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3 killed, 25 missing as trawler capsizes in Meghna

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Published: 15:32, 30 March 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
3 killed, 25 missing as trawler capsizes in Meghna

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: At least three people died and 20-25 people went missing as a trawler, carrying some 90 passengers, capsized in Meghna river in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday evening.

The deceased were identified as Sattar, 40, Sofura Begum, 70 and Kanchan, 68.

The trawler capsized in the river around 6:00pm at Char Kishoreganj near Munshiganj district, leaving three killed and 20-25 people missing, said Maksudur Rahman, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sonargaon police station.

Local people had recovered three bodies from the river before a team of local divers rushed to the spot.

Soon after the trawler capsized, some of the passengers managed to swim ashore from the river.

However, the number of missing passengers is yet to be known.

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