Two fishermen rescued
Coastguards rescued two abducted fishermen from a trawler in Majher Char coastal area here in the Baleshwer river on Saturday. The two were identified as Jitendra Nath Biswas, 55, of Narail district and Jashim, 16, of Pirojpur district. Coastguards of Mongla West Zone said, acting on a tip-off they challenged the trawler in the evening and sensing danger the pirates jumped into the river from the trawler and fled away. Later, the coastguards rescued the two fishermen from the trawler who were abducted for ransom four days ago. They also recovered four bullets from the trawler.
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