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Youth missing, 5 injured after trawler hits bulkhead while returning from pleasure trip

A motorized trawler sank after being hit by a bulkhead carrying sand in the Arial Khan River in Madaripur. At least five people were injured in the incident. A young man named Suman Sipahi (25) is missing in the incident. The accident occurred at around 10 pm on Friday in the Baherchar Katla area of ​​Panchkhola Union of Sadar Upazila.

Suman Sipahi is the son of Kalu Sipahi of Panchkhola area of ​​Sadar Upazila. Fire Service divers have started a rescue operation in search of him since Saturday morning. Five people injured in the incident have been rescued and are being treated at the 250-bed district hospital in Madaripur.

According to sources from the police, fire service and eyewitnesses, 15 youths from Panchkhola area rented a trawler and went on a fun trip on the Arial Khan River yesterday afternoon. After the trip, they were returning home at night. When they reached the Baherchar Katla area of ​​the river, a bulkhead carrying sand from the opposite direction hit the trawler hard. This caused the trawler to overturn. Later, local people went and rescued several people with the help of another trawler. However, most of them swam to the river bank. At that time, Suman went missing.

The other passengers of the trawler were narrowly saved, said Madaripur Fire Service Inspector Sheikh Ahaduzzaman. He said that since there was no equipment to conduct a rescue operation at night in search of the missing person, operations were launched in different parts of the river from this morning.

Adil Hossain, officer-in-charge of Madaripur Sadar Model Police Station, said that after receiving the information, the police visited the hospital and the incident site. The naval police will take legal action to stop these illegal bulkheads.

Source: Prothom Alo

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