Three fishermen were drowned as a small fishing motorboat capsized after colliding with a fishing vessel in the estuary of the river Karnaphuli here early yesterday.
One of the dead is Amzad Hossain, 38. The identities of the two others could not be confirmed immediately.
Police said the motorboat Eagle 7 turned turtle after it was hit by MV Urka around 5:00am.
Seeing the incident, some small fishing boats from nearby areas came to the rescue of the fishermen and rescued 16 of them.
Three small boats pulled the capsized motorboat ashore in the afternoon.
Law enforcers recovered the three bodies from the cabin of the boat, said Md Kamruzzaman, sub-inspector of Potenga Police Station.
Source : The Daily Star
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