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Cargo vessel capsizes in Rupsha

Another body recovered after 8 days


Published : 15 Apr 2024 10:13 PM

The body of another man who had gone missing after a cargo vessel sank in the Rupsha River in Khulna on April 7 was recovered on Sunday (April 14). Navy and Fire Service divers recovered the body of cook Abul Kalam of Bagerhat, at around 6:30 pm. Earlier on Sunday, a cargo vessel carrying 1,140 metric tons of TSP fertiliser sank in the Rupsha River after colliding with pillar number 73 of the railway bridge, leaving two people including Kalam missing.

Another victim’s body was recovered the following day.