Meghna trawler capsize: Three of same family laid to rest in adjacent graves
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The bodies of three missing members of the same family have been recovered two days after a trawler capsized in the Meghna river in Sonargaon of Narayanganj. Their village home is in Srimaddi village of Cumilla. After the bodies were recovered, the atmosphere became heavy with the wailing of relatives.
A Fire Service diving team and River Police recovered the bodies floating in the Meghna river in front of the Al Mostafa factory in Baidyer Bazar union of the upazila on Saturday (26 September) morning.
The deceased are Samina (17), Sajib (24) and Samin (5). Earlier, on the day of the accident itself, the body of a woman named Rayesha Begum (55) had been recovered. Another person, named Helal Uddin, is still missing.
The bodies of the three reached Srimaddi village in Homna upazila of Cumilla at around 12 noon on Saturday. A shadow of mourning descended on the entire area amid the wailing of relatives. Later, after their namaz-e-janaza at a local field, the three were buried side by side at Charergaon graveyard. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Nusrat Jabin, on behalf of the upazila administration, and local people were present at the time.
It was learnt that a trawler carrying 14 passengers met with an accident in the Meghna river on Thursday afternoon while on its way from Homna of Cumilla to a relative’s wedding. The trawler overturned in a strong current in the river adjacent to the Aman Cement factory in the Sonamoi area of Baidyer Bazar union, and the passengers went under in an instant.
On receiving the news, a diving team of Sonargaon Fire Service and Civil Defence and River Police began a rescue operation. At one stage, the sunken trawler was recovered from the riverbed. Rescuers continued the operation to find the missing.
