Pirates loot over 85 fishing trawlers and kidnapped at least 75 fishermen
They took them for ransom Pirates looted over 85 fishing trawlers and abducted at least 75 fishermen along with 10 trawlers for ransom in the Bay off Barguna and Bagerhat coasts yesterday and the day before.Patharghata Upazila Matsyajibi Samity leaders quoting victims, who returned to Patharghata escaping from pirates' attack, said members of infamous ''Raju Bahini" swooped on 25 trawlers which were fishing in the Bay, 15 kilometers south of Fairway Boya in the upazila.The pirates looted money, fish, fishing nets, mobile phone sets, radio and other valuables at gun point and left the area abducting 75 fishermen for ransom along with 10 fishing trawlers early Tuesday.In a separate incident, pirates swooped on 50 fishing trawlers which were fishing near coasts of Bedarhali and Nishan Baria areas of Rayenda upazila in Bagerhat yesterday.They looted the trawlers and kidnapped several fishermen at gun point.Barguna Trawler Workers Union president Abdul Mannan Majhi confirmed that the members of Raju, Motaleb and Al Amin gangs committed robbery in over 85 trawlers from early Tuesday to early Wednesday and kidnapped 75 fishermen and took them along with 10 fishing trawlers and took them to their hideouts for ransom.Source: The Daily Star
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