Helper Rakib Hossain, who didn’t have any training to operate cranes, was operating the crane while operator Al Amin was giving directives from outside on the day of the tragic girder crash in the city’s Uttara that left five people dead, said Rab on Thursday. Rab detained 10 people, including the crane operator and the security personnel, from Dhaka, Gazipur, Sirajganj and Bagerhat districts in connection with the accident on Wednesday night.   The detainees are Crane Operator Md Al Amin Hossain Hridoy, 25, helper Rakib Hossain, 23, Four Brothers Guard Service staff Md Rubel, 28 and Md Afroj Mia, 50, Safety engineer of the contractor firm Md Zulfikar Ali Shah, 39, owner of IFS CON Bangladesh Limited Md Iftekhar Hossain, 39 and head of operations Md Ajharul Islam Mithu, 45, marketing manager of Build Trade Company Limited Tofazzal Hossain Tushar, 42 and administrative officers Ruhul Amin Mridha, 33, and Md Monjurul Islam, 29. During primary questioning, the detainees provided information about their involvement in the accident, according to a Rab-7 press release. Read: Uttara girder crash tragedy: Crane operator among 9 held The accident occured when a girder was being lifted by a crane under the supervision of contractor firm China Ghezhouba Group Company Limited. The Chinese firm gave IFS CON Bangladesh Limited the order to supply heavy equipment for the project. The Bangladeshi firm didn’t have any heavy crane in their stock, so they hired a light crane from third party Build Trade Company Limited. During questioning, it was known Crane Operator Al Amin didn’t have a license to operate heavy vehicles. After receiving training to operate cranes in 2016 and working in 2-3 small scale projects, Al Amin started working for the BRT project in 2022. Rakib started working for the BRT project in May. Both of them had fled from the spot after the incident. Legal steps will be taken against the detainees, it said. On Monday, a BRT's (Bus Rapid Transit) Elevated Expressway girder came crashing down on the car at Uttara's Jasimuddin road when it was being moved onto a trailer, suggesting the use of cranes of insufficient strength in the project. Rubel, 50, Fahima, 40, her sister Jharna, 28, and Jharna's two children Jannat, 6, and Jakaria, 2, got crushed inside the mangled car. Fortunately, a newlywed couple – Rubel's son Hridoy, 26, and his wife Ria Moni, 21, – also travelling with them escaped death.

One more person has been arrested in connection with the tragic death of an SSC examinee in a road accident in the Rampura Bazaar area of Dhaka on Monday night. The arrestee has been identified as Chan Mia, the helper of the killer bus that ran over Mainuddin, the victim. Chan was nabbed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the Sayedabad area of the capital in the early hours of Tuesday, said Imran Khan, assistant director (media wing) at RAB headquarters. Mainuddin, a candidate in the ongoing SSC examination and student of Ekramunnesa School and College, was run over by the bus around 10.45 pm Monday in the Rampura Bazar area. Following the accident, an angry mob torched eight buses. Also read: 8 buses torched in Rampura after SSC candidate run over Azizul Haque, an eye-witness, said that the student was run over by the speeding bus as soon as he got off another bus in the Rampura Bazar area. He died on the spot. "Police are trying to find out how the accident occurred," said Rampura police station officer-in-charge Rafiqul Islam. Meanwhile, deputy commissioner of police (Motijheel range) Abdul Ahad told reporters that the bus had been seized and its driver arrested. "Action will be taken against him," he added. Also read: Bus helper pushes off Chattogram teacher over fare dispute Deputy assistant director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense Hafizur Rahman told UNB that eight buses were set on fire by people in the wake of the accident.

A man was killed and another injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in Bandar area in ​​Chattogram city. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sagar, 20, helper of a truck and son of Mohammad Badal of Bandartila area of ​​the city. Bandar Police Station OC Nizam Uddin said the the collision took place around 3 pm, leaving the helper and a driver injured. Also read: Bank official killed in Magura road crash The injured were admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Sagar dead. The driver named Abu Bakkar is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital, he said. Also read: Driver, helper held over death of 10-year-old girl in city road crash