Rescue teams recovered the bodies of three siblings from the Meghna River in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, on Saturday morning, two days after their trawler capsized, as the search continued for their father.

Fire service divers and river police at about 8 am recovered the bodies of Sajib, Samia and Samin — Helal Uddin’s son, daughter and younger son. The bodies were found floating in front of the Al Mostafa factory in the Baidyerbazar area.

Thirteen passengers boarded the trawler at Srimaddi village in Cumilla district on Thursday afternoon, bound for Baidyerbazar to attend a wedding in Mayamoyi village in Sonargaon. The vessel capsized mid-river in a storm. Eight people managed to swim ashore, and a woman, Rashida, was pulled from the water and taken to hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.

Helal Uddin and his three children were reported missing after the accident.

Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy director of the Narayanganj fire service, said three of the four missing had been recovered and the search for the remaining one was underway.