The incident took place on Saturday evening while the teeanger was travelling alone in Karnaphuli-13 launch of Dhaka-Charfesson river route. So, I jumped into the river," the girl said. "After the girl jumped a buoy was dropped to save her which she failed to catch." The girl said a trawler rescued her upon hearing her screams three hours after the launch left her without rescuing her. Fisherman Raihan of the trawler said: "We were preparing our boat for fishing when we heard a girl shouting for help.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 06, 2020 06:22 UTC