Brahmanbaria: Two policemen were injured as a patrol boat capsized in the Meghna River near Ashuganj on Friday morning.

Shahriar Al-Manun, senior assistant police super of the district, said constables Abdul Mannan, 45, and Humaun Kabir, 46, of Ashuganj

Police Station suffered injuries when the boat, carrying four policemen, sank in the middle of the river due to a collision with an oil-laden boat coming from the opposite direction.

Two policemen swam ashore while locals rescued Mannan and Humayun from inside the capsized boat immediately afterwards.

A one rifle and a shotgun also went missing in the incident.

The injured were sent to a local hospital.