Naval police have arrested five people in connection with the death of five people, including three members of a family, as they were hit by a snapped rope of another launch at Sadarghat in the capital.
They were arrested on Thursday afternoon. Four of the five arrested are masters of two launches.
Naval police superintendent (crime and operations) Ashiq Saeed confirmed this to Prothom Alo.
He said that five people, including the four masters of MV Tashrif-4 and MV Farhan-6 launches, have been arrested on charges of their involvement with the death of the five passengers.
Earlier, the fire service told Prothom Alo that two launches, MV Tashrif-4 and MV Pubali-1, were tied with ropes to the pontoon No. 11 at Sadarghat. The rope of the MV Tashrif-4 snapped and hit the five passengers waiting on the pontoon, injuring them critically as another launch, Farhan, was trying to anchor between the two launches shortly before 3:00 pm.