PATUAKHALI, April 29, 2023 (BSS) - The search for four people including a groom, who went missing after a trawler carrying a wedding party capsized in the River Bura Gauranga in Dashmina upazila in the district yesterday, resumed this morning. 

Divers from Patuakhali and Barishal fire services have joined the rescue operation. The body of a woman was recovered last night. The woman was identified as Lipi Akter, 32, a relative of the groom.

Those who remain missing were identified as the groom Rabbi Hawladar, 20, of Guli Auliapur, his mother Selina Begum, 40, Khadiza, 5, daughter of Dhalu Hawladar in Uttor Rangopaldi area and the groom's relative Maria Begum, 4.

The trawler carrying 15 people capsized yesterday afternoon in the River Bura Gouranga, said Officer-in-Charge of Dashmina Police Station Mehedi Hasan.