Key accused in Buriganga launch capsize case arrested
Staff Reporter Published: 9 July 2020, 11:19 AM
| Updated: 9 July 2020, 03:48 PM
Mosaddek Soad, owner of the MV Moyur-2 launch and key accused in the Buriganga launch capsize case, was arrested on Wednesday midnight.
Confirming the matter to Jago News, Khandoker Faridul Islam, superintendent of police (SP - Dhaka region) of river police, said, on information, they arrested him from an apartment in the capital’s Sobhanbagh.
Further details regarding him will be disclosed later, he added.
On June 29, 34 people were killed when a small launch, named Morning Bird coming from Munshiganj, sank in the Buriganga after a larger one - Mayur 2 - in reverse horrifically crashed into it near Farashganj Ghat in Dhaka.
Later, a case was filed against seven people including Mosaddek with South Keraniganj police station.
