Boat capsize in Bay: 3 bodies recovered

Boat capsize in Bay: 3 bodies recovered

Bodies of three people, who went missing after a stone-laden ship -- MV Sultan Sanjana – capsized in the outer anchorage of the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday were recovered today (October 14).

Three more people are still missing, Chattogram Coast Guard media officer Lt Commander Abdur Rouf told.

He said the Coast Guard recovered the bodies of two people and the Navy recovered one body.

The families have been informed to identify the bodies, he added.

Captain Kazi Shah Alam, zonal commander of the Coast Guard's East Zone, said the lighterage ship capsized after a collision with another ship in the outer anchorage on Wednesday afternoon.

The Coast guards rescued three people and six remained missing.

The bodies of three among the six missing were recovered today. The Coast Guard members are working to locate the remaining three.