A Dhaka court on Friday remanded 10 people on different terms in a case lodged over the deaths of five people after a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on their car in Dhaka's Uttara area on Monday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahammed passed the order as police produced crane operator Hridoy, his helper Rakib and safety engineer Zulfikar before the court and pleaded to place them on a 10-day remand.
After hearing the plea, the court placed the three accused on four-day remand each.
The court also placed security guards Rubel, 28, Md Afroj Miah, 50, owner of heavy equipment supplier company--IFSCON Bangladesh Limited-- Md Iftekhar Hossain, 39, its Head of Operations Md Azharul Islam Mithu, 45, crane supplying company--Build Trade's--Marketing Manager Tofazzal Hossain Tusher, 42, admin officers Ruhul Amin Mridha, 33, and Md Monjurul Islam, 29, on two-day remand each.
Teams of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested them in separate drives from Dhaka, Gazipur, Sirajganj and Bagerhat on Wednesday.
At least five people, including two children, died as the girder of the BRT project fell from a crane on their car in Dhaka's Uttara area.