One person, TSI Md Selim of Narayanganj City police, is confirmed missing after the trawler sank on Sunday evening, Md Jahidul Alam, superintendent of police in Munshiganj, told bdnews24.com. A patrol boat of Gozaria police camp, which was near the site during the accident, rescued the people on the trawler. There were around 20 people, including the presiding officer and assistant presiding officer of a poling centre, police and female members of Ansar, on the trawler, Kolagachhia naval police camp in-charge Mostafizur Rahman said. As many as 16 people were rescued and it was assumed that three people, including a policeman, were still missing, Sonargao Police Station OC Md Moniruzzaman said. The ballot boxes and arms of the law enforcers could not be recovered.

Source: bd News24 March 31, 2019 20:26 UTC