Coast Guard rescues 5 crew members of a sinking bulkhead in Chattogram
UNB
30th April, 2021 05:02:42
Five crew members of a stone-laden bulkhead sinking in the outer anchorage of Chattogram port have been rescued by the Bangladesh Coast Guard, officials said.
Lt Commander Amirul Haque, media officer at the BCG headquarters, said on Friday that around 6am, MV Pinky, a bulkhead carrying stones, collided with a merchant ship at outer anchorage of Chattogram port.
When MV Pinky asked MV Nafiza Jahan for help, the latter informed Port Control, and the Coast Guard was immediately alerted, he added.
Upon receiving information around 7.30 am, a rescue team from the Patenga outpost of BCG rushed to the spot and rescued the five crew members. The vessel had completely drowned 1 nautical mile south of Gohira by then.
Though relocations to Bhashan Char have so far been said to be voluntary, the 30 rescued Rohingya were summarily sent there, a refugee affairs analyst says.
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30 Rohingyas trying to go to Malaysia through trawler rescued from Cox’s Bazar
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Bangladesh Coast Guard members today rescued 30 Rohingyas, who were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by a trawler through the Bay of Bengal, from Teknaf upazila in Cox s Bazar.
The Rohingya refugees trying to travel to Malaysia include twenty women, five men and five children. They were refugees from Kutupalong and Balukhali camps of the district, our Cox s Bazar staff correspondent reports. The coast guards also seized the trawler.
Quoting the Rohingyas, Amirul Haque, an official of Coast Guard s media wing, told reporters around 50 Rohingyas boarded the trawler from the sea beach in Teknaf, and Ukhia upazila on April 22.