Kolkata, July 13 -- The bodies of nine fishermen were recovered on Monday from a sunken fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal, while six others remain missing, officials said on Monday.

The missing trawler, identified as 'FB Joy Maa Kali', was found near Rakteshwar Char in South 24 Parganas district by a joint team of police, the Forest Department and the Indian Coast Guard. After the trawler was brought ashore in Gobardhanpur, rescue teams recovered nine bodies from inside the vessel.

The trawler had left Shankarpur Fishing Harbour in Purba Medinipur on June 2 with 15 fishermen onboard for deep-sea fishing but went missing amid adverse weather conditions.

Kakdwip Fishermen Welfare Association Secretary Bijan Maiti, speaking to ANI, sai...