A massive joint search and rescue operation has been launched by Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard after an Indian fishing vessel carrying some 17 people sank on Saturday in the Bay of Bengal.
A Bangladesh Navy official told Xinhua on Sunday that two Indian fishermen were rescued alive from the Bay of Bengal where the Indian fishing boat capsized on Saturday night.
"Bangladesh Navy personnel also recovered five bodies which were discovered floating off Bangladesh coast," said the official who preferred to be unnamed.
The Indian fishing vessel carrying 17 people on Saturday night sank off the coast of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Navy had then deployed two ships and a patrol aircraft after getting signal from a passing vessel.
The Indian boat sank in the Bay of Bengal about 40 nautical miles north of Hiron Point, one of the well known vacation destinations in Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh.
According to the official, a joint search operation is now under way.
The Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard have been conducting joint operation in the sea, he said.
"The joint search now is being focused on finding more survivors."
