Judicial probe into Sadarghat launch accident demanded

Nirapad Naupath Bastobayan Jote (Safer Waterway Implementation Alliance) on Monday demanded a judicial investigation followed by punishment of those responsible for the death of five people in a launch accident that occurred at Sadarghat last Thursday, on Eid-ul-Fitr, reports Agencies.
The alliance thinks the deaths were due to negligence and reckless behavior on the part of some people.
On the afternoon of Eid day on April 11, two launches were moored at pontoon number 11 of Dhaka Sadarghat.
Although there was not enough space between the moored launches, another launch recklessly tried to enter the pontoon through them. At this time, one of the ropes mooring the launch tore and thrashed the five passengers waiting on the pontoon, who died on the spot.
During Eid and other festive days, there is always extra pressure on the jetties, so extra surveillance and security measures were expected.
The alliance leaders called for an end to such undesirable instances in the waterways of Bangladesh
Meanwhile, in Gazipur a man and his wife were killed as bus hit them in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Asif Mahmud, son of Mozammel Haque of Boroitoli village in Kaliakair upazila and his wife Tanjim.
According to police and locals, a Tangail-bound Paribahan bus (Mahi Special) hit Asif and his wife Tanjim while they were crossing Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kaliakoir bypass , leaving them seriously injured.
They died on their way to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar.
Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Naojor Highway Police Station.
In Sylhet, the death toll from collision between two motorcycles in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet rose to four with death of another victim on Sunday.
Milon Ahmed, 18, son of Sobhan Ali of Madarkhal village in Khalachara union of Zakiganj upazila, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Sunday evening.
Zakiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Javed Masud confirmed the death.