8 fishermen rescued after drifting in Bay for 3 days
Lt Com Siam Ul Haq, media officer of the CG, said fishing boat ‘FB Mayer Doa’ left for the sea with eight fishermen on 14 August.
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Members of the Coast Guard (CG) have rescued eight fishermen who were drifting in the Bay of Bengal for three days.
According to a CG statement issued Monday, the fishermen were given first aid and food before their boat was brought to the Harbaria riverbank.
Lt Com Siam Ul Haq, media officer of the CG, said fishing boat 'FB Mayer Doa' left for the sea with eight fishermen on 14 August.
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The trawler went out of order due to a mechanical fault in the mid-sea, leaving the fishermen stranded, reads the statement.
On 17 August, one of the fishermen called the CG's emergency helpline 16111 when they came within mobile network.
Responding to the call, a patrolling CG team located the trawler near buoy No-5 of the Mongla Fairway and rescued them.
