12 missing as trawler capsizes in Turag

At least 12 people remained missing after a trawler capsized in Turag river in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on Friday evening, reports UNB.

Firefighters from Tongi and Ashulia fire service stations rushed to the spot and began search and rescue operations with the help of local people, said Shahab Uddin Madbar, Ashulia union parishad chairman.
The trawler carrying 25 people on board capsized in the middle of the river after being hit by a sand-laden cargo while it was moving towards Rustampur in the evening, witnesses said.
All the passengers fell in the water, they said.
Later, locals rescued 13 people from the river while 12 others remained missing.
The identities of the missing could not be known immediately, said Rezaul Haq Dipu, officer-in-charge of Ashulia police station.