A 35-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter went missing after an overloaded trawler tilted to one side in the Kaliganga River under Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur on Monday night.
The missing victims have been identified as Rina Bepari, 35, and her daughter Arjita Bepari, 8, residents of Bharatkathi in Nesarabad upazila.
The accident occurred at around 8:45pm on Monday while the engine-driven ferry trawler was travelling from Sreeramkathi to Bharatkathi.
According to eyewitnesses, the trawler was carrying between 30 and 40 passengers along with eight motorcycles.
Shortly after departing, the heavily laden vessel tilted to one side, throwing several passengers and motorcycles into the river.
Rina and her daughter were returning home on the ferry after attending Puja festivities in Sreeramkathi when the incident occurred.
Md Tarikul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nazirpur Police Station, confirmed the incident and stated that divers from the Fire Service and Civil Defence have been summoned to carry out a rescue operation.
