DHAKA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh Navy personnel have retrieved five bodies and rescued two fishermen alive from the Bay of Bengal, where a day earlier an Indian fishing boat capsized with 17 crew on board.
A Bangladesh Navy official told Xinhua on Sunday, "We've rescued two fishermen alive."
"Five bodies have also been retrieved," said the official on condition of anonymity.
The 17 Indian fishermen were reportedly missing on Saturday after their fishing boat sank off the coast of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Navy has deployed two vessels and a patrol aircraft after getting signal from another vessel travelling with the sunken Indian boat.
The Indian boat reportedly 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.
