A gang of pirates abducted 25 fishermen and looted eight trawlers near Fairwebar in the Bay early Monday.
Patharghata Fishing Trawler Owners' Association sources said a gang of 20 to 22 pirates of Al-Amin Bahini attacked eight trawlers of the fishermen and beat them up mercilessly at about 3:00am.
They came under attack when they were returning to home after catching fish.
The pirates looted fish, fishing nets and fuel from the trawlers and kidnapped 25 fishermen and took them to the deep forest of the Sundarban along with two trawlers.
The fishermen hail from Patharghata upazila of Barguna and Bagerhat.
Patharghata Trawler Owners' Association president Golam Mostafa confirmed the incident.
'Coast Guard members were informed immediately and preparation is going on for rescuing the abducted fishermen,' Lieutenant Harun-or-Rashid, commander of coastguard Patharghata camp said.
Source : New Age
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