A worker of a fertilizer-laden cargo vessel died after falling off the BADC pontoon into the Kirtankhola River in KDC Ghat area of the district town on Tuesday evening.
Md Farid, 28, was son of Shah Alam of Nasarabad upazila of Pirojpur district. He had been working on the 'MV Faxfala’ for almost 9 months.
Jakir Hossain, master of the ‘MV Faxfala’, said co-workers noticed someone falling off the pontoon in the evening.
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As Farid was missing since the incident, a team of divers from the concerned station rushed to the spot and recovered the body beneath the pontoon, said Belal Uddin, assistant director at Barishal Fire Service and Civil Defence department.
The body was handed over to Master Jakir later, he added.