The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Kamal Hossain, who had jumped from his vessel in order to avoid an oncoming crash between it and another vessel on Friday. Kamal, a resident of the Kashipur Khil Market area in the Fatullah town of district’s Sadar Upazila, was a lock operator of a hosiery factory at Nayamati area. Kamal and his brother Jamal were travelling home by trawler to return home through the Central Kheyaghat around 9:30pm on Friday. Kamal had jumped into the river after fearing a collision between the trawler and a vessel carrying wheat that was travelling in the opposite direction. The body was handed over to the family , OC Kamrul said.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2018 08:48 UTC