Two ship employees die in Chattogram

Two employees of a ship died in a vessel, apparently after sustaining injuries due to the snapping of a rope in the Karnaphuli River of Chattogram on Monday night.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Altaf, 40, sukani of FV Sea Heart-1 and Nur Uddin, chief chef of the ship, both hailed from Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district, reports UNB.

Officer-in-Charge of Sadarghat river police station Mohammad Nizam Uddin said the ship had run aground on a shoal in the river during high tide earlier.

Another vessel from the same company was attempting to tow it with a rope, but the rope snapped, injuring three workers, he said.

The injured were taken to Ma O Shishu Hospital in Agraba,d where two of them succumbed to their injuries on Monday night, he said.

Sub-Inspector Kamal Uddin of the police station said the families of the victims applied for the bodies without autopsy, but no decision has been taken yet.

Expressing grief over the deaths, the ship owner, MA Kader said he is now out of Chattogram.