Speedboat owner arrested over accident in Padma

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Chan Miah alias Chandu, one of the owners of the speedboat that capsized in Padma River near Kathalbari Ferry ghat in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.

Khandaker Al Moyeen, Legal and Media Wing Director of RAB, confirmed the arrest to Jago News on Sunday morning. 

Further details regarding the arrest will be disclosed at a press conference in today’s afternoon, he said. 

To be noted, 26 people died when the speedboat capsized in the Padma River after it hit a sand-laden bulkhead on May 3. 

Later, Sub Inspector Lokman Hossain of Kathalbari Naval police outpost filed the case against the speedboat driver Shah Alam, owners Chan Miah, Jahirul Islam and the lessee of the speedboat wharf Shah Alam Khan with Shibchar police station.