Bagerhat: A fishing trawler with 12 fishermen on board capsized near FairwayBuoy ofMongla Portin Bay of Bengal after being hit by a commercial ship on Monday morning.

Fishing trawler- Swadhin-3 which came from Patharghata, sank after being hit by a commercial ship, said a press release of Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR).

A patrolling ship of Bangladesh Navy - Turag rushed to the spot and rescued 9 fishermen from the spot while three others still remained missing.

The rescued fishermen were- Md Hanif, 40, Md Abul Kalam, 42, Md Jakir Hossain, 47, Md Sujon, 28, Md Rubel, 28, MD Musa, 22, Md Jakaria, 16, Md Kabir, 42, and Md Monir.

Three salvage ships -Turag, Megna and Nisan were working to rescue the missing fishermen.