Cox’s Bazar: Six fishermen were killed and another went missing after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal at Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.

Four of the deceased were identified as Rahmatullah, 28, Tarek Ahmed, 32, Kabir Ahmed, 30, and M Ishaq, 33. They hailed from different villages of Teknaf, Maheshkhali and Sadar upazilas of the district.

Sub-inspector of Sadar Model Police Station Abdur Rahim said the fishing trawler with 14 fishermen sank in the bay near Sonadia Island around 3:30 am after it was hit by another trawler.

Seven fishermen managed to swim ashore while seven others went missing.

On information, a team of Sadar Police Station rushed in and recovered the bodies of six fishermen from inside the trawler around 6 pm while another fisherman remained missing still filing of this report around 8:30 pm, the SI said.