Trawler with picnic party capsizes in Buriganga: One missing
One person remained missing after a trawler with a picnic party on board capsized in the Buriganga near Basila following a collision with a sand-laden trawler yesterday afternoon.
All the members of the picnic party, except Sohrab, 45, managed to swim ashore.
Sohrab, a resident of Shankar in Mohammadpur, was among the 12 members of the picnic party who spent all the day cruising the river.
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According to witnesses, the 12-men group started their journey from Shankar in the morning but the tragedy took place when they were returning home.
Divers of the Fire Service conducted a massive search until 11:45 last night but failed to find out Sohrab.