A district court has sent Pinak 6 owner Abu Bakkar Siddique to jail.
Munshiganj Judicial Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid passed the order after police produced Abu Bakkar before the court with a seven-day remand plea on Thursday afternoon.
The court also fixed Monday for hearing on the remand petition.
A joint team from RAB 7 and RAB 11 arrested launch owner Abu Bakkar Siddique at a house in Agrabad Housing area in Chittagong city early Wednesday.
With more than 250 passengers, the double-decker vessel which was on way to Mawa from Kewrakandi sank in the Padma River around 11am on August 4 due to strong current and high winds.
After an eight-day search, the rescuers on Monday called off the rescue operation. A total of 48 bodies have so far been recovered and 58 are still missing.
