At least 10 people went missing as they jumped into the sea from a trawler off Sandwhip upazila on Thursday for fear of vessel capsize.
Five of the missing people are Jahid Chowdhury Bhutto of Sandwip Poura area, Rasheda Begum, her two daughters – Pinki, 5, and Liza, 7, of Mogdhara, and Shamsul Alam of Mikebhanga.
Fish trader Nasir who was rescued in the accident said the Guptachhara-bound trawler from Kumira in Sitakunda with 60/70 passengers on board started tilting after it went out of order due to technical problem.
At one stage, some passengers jumped off the vessel for fear that the trawler would sink.
Three speedboats rescued some of the passengers from the sea but at least 10 remained missing.
The Sandwip police officer-in-charge, Giasuddin, said the family members of five victims lodged complaints with the police station in this connection.
The police arrested the Kumira Ghat manager, Maksudur Rahman, in this regard.
-With New Age input
