A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Mosaddek Hanif Soad, owner of the Mayur-2 launch, to jail in a case filed over the June 29 crash and capsize of a smaller launch in the Buriganga River that killed 34 people.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahazadi Tahmina passed the order during a virtual hearing after Sadarghat river police station’s Sub-Inspector and case investigation officer Md Shahidul produced Mosaddek before the court following the completion of his three-day remand.
On July 9, following his arrest, another court had granted police the three days to interrogate Mosaddek in the case, filed on June 30 by the same station’s Sub-Inspector Shamsul Alam at South Keraniganj police station.
Seven people including Mosaddek were named in the case, while several unknown individuals were also made accused.
Thirty-four people were killed when a small launch, named ML Morning Bird, sank in the Buriganga, after much larger Mayur-2, while being in reverse, horrifically crashed into it near Farashganj Ghat in Dhaka on June 29.
After the case was filed, Mayur-2 Supervisor Abdus Salam was also arrested and remanded for three days on July 7. Another Dhaka court sent him to jail later after the remand ended.