Two farmers go missing as boat capsizes in Sunamganj haor

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Two farmers go missing as boat capsizes in Sunamganj haor

Shawdesh desk:

Two poultry farmers went missing after their small boat capsized in Chapati haor (back swamp) during a storm in the district’s Derai upazila on Wednesday night, police said.

The missing farmers have been identified as Mujibur Rahman, 45, and Parvez Mia, 23, of the upazila.

Locals said that three farmers went to Chapati haor on a small engine-driven boat to collect food for ducks on Wednesday afternoon and it capsized during a storm around 9.30pm.

Though locals rescued one of the farmers, Parvez Miah, and rushed him to a nearby hospital in the Kolyarkapan market area, the two others couldn’t be traced.

Akram Ali, officer-in-charge of Derai police station, said a team of fire service divers carried out a search and rescue operation till 12 noon on Thursday, but couldn’t find the missing duo.