A murder case has been filed against six people including the owner of a bulkhead in connection with the trawler capsize in the Dakatia River that left five people dead, reports UNB.
The accused are - owner of the bulkhead Iqbal Hossain, captain Bahar, workers Jabed, Abul Bashar, Yunus and Didar. Chandpur naval police station OC Md Mujahidul Islam said Kaushar Mia, nephew of deceased worker Awal, filed the case on Monday night.
Four of the accused have been arrested while two others went into hiding, he said.
On 31 December, a trawler carrying 11 people capsized in the river after colliding with a bulkhead in the Dakatia river near Mominpur village area of Chandpur sadar upazila.
Of the 11 workers in the trawler, six managed to swim ashore while five drowned. The deceased were all residents of Muradnagar and Titash upazilas of Cumilla.