Four bodies recovered

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of three children and a woman who went missing after a trawler sank in the Meghna river in Chandpur five days ago.

The dead are Aleya Begum, 25, her three-year-old daughter Swarna, Manik, 4, son of Mostafa Mridha, and one-and-a-half-year-old Fahim Hossain, son of Jamal Hossain of Charbgula in Haimchar upazila.

At least nine people, including six children, went missing when a trawler sank after being hit by an oil-laden vessel in the dense fog on Tuesday.

On information, police recovered the body of Fahim from Hizla in Barisal, while Manik's body was recovered from Sahebganj in Haimchar, Wali Ullah, officer-in-charge of Haimchar Police Station, told this correspondent.

The trawler was pulled out of water around 6:30pm yesterday. The bodies of Aleya and her daughter were found inside the trawler.

Five victims still remain unaccounted for.

Many of the passengers managed to swim ashore after the accident.