DHAKA, July 14, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today placed Abul Bashar, master of Moyur-2 launch that rammed and drowned ML Morning Bird killing its 34 passengers, on three-day remand in a negligent death case filed over that tragic incident.
Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate AFM Maruf Chowdhury passed the order as police produced Bashar before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand.
A team of RAB-10 on July 12 arrested Bashar from South Keraniganj area.
Moyur-2 of Dhaka-Chandpur route rammed into ML Morning Bird, coming from Munshiganj, in Shyambazar area in the Buriganga River, drowning the smaller launch within moments on the morning of June 29.
Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sadarghat River Police Station Mohammad Shamsul Alam filed the case on June 30 with Dakkhin Keraniganj Police Station under Sections 280, 304 (Ka), 437, and 34 of the Penal Code.