Pirates toss 16 fishermen into Bay
Pirates looted the nets, fish and fuel worth over Tk 1.5 lakh from a trawler after throwing 16 fishermen into the Bay waters about 40 kilometres south of Kuakata sea beach on Friday afternoon.
All the fishermen of the boat, FB Nahid, were later rescued by another trawler.
After getting on FB Nahid when it was netting Hilsha, the gang of some 20/25 pirates hit the fishermen with sharp weapons and threw them into water.
Five injured fishermen -- Wadud, 40, Abul Hossain, 45, Abul Hasem, 18, Mokter, 34 and Hossain, 30 -- were treated at Mohipur health centre.
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