 | Navy ship salvaged: 6 more bodies found
24 September, 2006
Six more bodies of the fishermen missing since hundreds of fishing boats capsized in the Bay in storms on September 19 were recovered on Sunday, raising the death toll to 97.
UNB Bagerhat correspondent said the six bodies were recovered from various canals and rivers along the Bay and the Sunderbans.
Navy ship ‘BNS Shaheed Farid’ which ran aground near Trikon island at Akram Point, 74 kms away from Mongla port, with 45 navy personnel on board, was salvaged at 11 am on Sunday.
Two planes, one helicopter and 11 naval ships took part in the salvage operation.
The salvaged ship was intact and the naval personnel were found in good condition.
But search for the ship’s Commanding Officer Lt. Commander Firoz Kabir, missing since the ship ran aground during storm, proved futile till on Sunday morning.
A tug boat of the navy is towing the salvaged ship to Mongla.
Some of the bodies, disfigured beyond recognition, were buried in the char areas while others were handed over to local police.
Survivors apprehended that some 1,500 ill-fated fishermen might have had watery burial following the sudden sea storms as they said they saw hundreds of bodies floating in the Bay.
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