At least 5 fishermen have gone missing as the trawler they were sailing in sunk in the small hours of Friday. A late evening report said 13 of the 18 missing people had been rescued. The fishing trawler Satyanarayan had set sail on August 16 for Kendo Island area in Bay of Bengal off Sunderbans to catch Hilsa
fish. All the fishermen belong to kakdwips-Namkhana area of Sunderbans, sources said adding they might have swam towards the Kendo Islands which coul again be infested with tiger and crocodiles.
The trawler reportedly hit a hidden underwater island before sinking sources said adding rescue work could not be started even 15 hours of the incident due to inclement weather and turbulent sea.