Case Filed against 7 People over Buriganga Launch Capsize

A case has been filed accusing seven people in connection with capsizing of a launch in the Buriganga river on Monday which left 32 people dead.

Cops filed the case with South Keraniganj police station early Tuesday accusing the people, including the owner of Mayur 2 launch Mosaddek Hanif Sowat, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Dhaka zone) Abul Kalam Azad of the river police said.

At least 32 people were killed when the ML Morning Bird coming from Munshiganj sank in the Buriganga after another launch called Mayur 2 crashed in reverse on Monday near Farashganj Ghat in Dhaka.