4 missing
Four crewmembers went missing after a clinker-laden cargo boat capsized yesterday following collision with an oil tanker in the Meghna river in Hizla upazila of Barisal.
Eight other crewmembers were rescued after the accident.
The oil tanker OT Raida coming from Chittagong hit the Dhaka-bound cargo boat MV Wising around 4:30am at Gol-Boya point, said police and rescued crew of the sunken boat.
Jamal Molla, chairman of Ulania Union Parishad under Mehendiganj upazila, said local people and police with the help of fishermen rescued eight of the missing people.
Barisal Superintendent of Police Dev Das Bhattachariyya made similar remarks.
Mamunur Rashid, master of the sunken cargo, said four crewmembers were still missing.
An investigation team of Conservancy and Pilotage department of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), led by its Deputy Director Abdur Rahim, reached the spot in the afternoon.
Dr Abdur Rahim, deputy inspector general of police, Barisal range, said they have alerted different police stations to seize the oil tanker.
-With The Daily Star input
