Four fishermen drown in Meghna

7 January 2004

A Correspondent, Bhola

Four fishermen drowned in the Meghna in Shal Char in Charfassion upazila as their boat sank after colliding with a trawler in dense fog Monday night,

According Charfassion police and survivor Nurul Islam, five fishermen from Augoiljohara union in Zhalakathi district were fishing in the area.

Those drowned are Tokdir Gazi, 18, Nazrul Gazi, 55, Mannan Bepari, 57 and Airal Talukder, 22.

Islam said he was saved by other fishermen.

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