Owner of Avijhan-10 launch arrested from capital
27 December 2021, 06:44 pm | Updated: 27 November 2024, 03:38 am
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday arrested M Hamjalal Sheikh, one of the owners of the recently burnt launch MV Avhijan-10 on Sugandya river, from capital's outskirts Keraniganj area.
The launch plying on Dhaka-Borguna route caught fire on the river of Sugandya in Jhalokhathi on December 23, killing at least 42 people and leaving so far 51 missing.
The elite force personnel arrested Hamjalal from one of his relative's house in Keraniganj as he was on the run after the deadly fire incident at the lunch, said RAB Legal and Media Wing Commander Khondoker AL Moyeen.
