Five arrestees will be produced before a Dhaka court on Monday who were on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with the launch accident that killed five people at Sadarghat in the capital on April 11.
Sadarghat Naval Police station officer-in-charge Md Abul Kalam told 抖阴精品 that the three-day remand ended on Sunday and the arrestees will be produced before the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.
He, however, did not disclose further details of the remand for the sake of the investigation.
Earlier, judge Arifa Chowdhury Himel allowed police to take them in custody for interrogation for three days, starting from April 12, rejecting the arrestees鈥� pleas seeking bail.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority traffic management department joint director Muhammad Ismail Hossain filed the case with the South Keraniganj police station on April 11 night against five staff members of MV Farhan-6 and Tasrif-4 for their alleged involvement in causing the deaths due to negligence, fast and reckless driving and using old rope.
The accused in the case are 1st class master of MV Farhan-6 Abdur Rouf Talukder, 54, its second class master Md Selim Hawlader, 54, and its manager Md Faruk Khan, 70.
Two other accused are 1st class master of MV Tasrif-4 Md Mizanur Rahman, 43, and second class master Md Moniruzzaman, 27.
The accident took place when MV Farhan-6 tried to enter between two anchored launches MV Tasrif-4 and MV Pubali-1 at pontoon 11 at about 3:00pm on April 11, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims.
The anchor rope of MV Tasrif tore and hit the five while they were boarding the launch. The five victims were rushed to Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital where doctors on duty declared them dead.
Hours after the incident, the BIWTA cancelled route permits of MV Farhan-6 and MV Tasrif-4 launches and formed a three-member probe committee. The committee was asked to submit report in five working days, said a shipping ministry release.
