Launch staffers sued for throwing 4 kids into Meghna river

A case was filed on Sunday night against yet to be identified staff members of Chandpur-bound launch Imam Hasan-5 for attempting to kill four children by throwing them into the Meghna river in Munshiganj on Saturday.

In Charge of Muktarpur River Police Outpost Inspector Mohammad Lutfar Rahman filed the case with Munshiganj Sadar Police Station against unknown staff members of the passenger carrying launch around 10:00pm on Sunday.

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According to the case statements, staff members of Imam Hasan-5, a Chandpur-bound launch from Dhaka's Sadar Ghat threw four children--Mehedul Hasan, 13, Shakib Hasan, 13, Tariqul Islam, 10, and Siyam, 13,--into the Meghna river in Munshiganj on Saturday morning as they failed to pay their launch fares. 

On information, police rescued Mehedul and Shakib while Tariqul and Siyam were rescued by staff members of another boat.

Denying the allegation of throwing the kids into the river, Delwar Hossain, master of Imam Hasan-5 launch, said the children jumped into the river on their own will.