At least five people, including three of a family, went missing as a trawler capsized in the Buriganga in Alirtek area under Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
The victims were Selim Khan, his son Emon khan, Class IX student and daughter Mousumi, Class VI student, Selim and Abdul Quader, 50, son of Abdul Hamid.
The passengers of the trawler said Sadar upazila-bound trawler from Fatullah, carrying 50-60 passengers, sank in the area around 7am after being hit by a Dhaka-bound launch.
Ten or twelve passengers of the trawler managed to swim ashore while the others remained missing, they said.
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Narayanganj Sadar police station said five of the missing passengers had been identified.
The divers were trying to trace the missing passengers, said the ASI.
Police, divers and fire service were working together to rescue the missing people, said Dinu Moni, deputy assistant director of local fire station.
