RAB arrested the bus driver in connection with the death of 15 people in a road accident in Tentultala Diknagar of Faridpur.
On Sunday night, RAB-10 Faridpur company commander Lt. Commander KM Shaikh Akhtar told reporters that Khokon Mia, the driver of Uttara Unique Paribahan bus, was arrested in the afternoon from a market in Kotchandpur Upazila Sadar of Jhenaidah.
Khokon Mia was absconding since the accident. He is the son of Delwar Hossain of Kotchandpur Upazila.
A briefing will be held on Monday in this regard, RAB official said.
According to the highway police, on the morning of April 16, a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction collided with a bus of Uttara Unique Paribahan from Dhaka to Khulna in Tetultala Diknagar area of Kanaipur Union of Faridpur Sadar Upazila on the Dhaka-Khulna highway.
11 people including women, men and children in the pickup died on the spot. Seven people were injured. Later, four others died while undergoing treatment in the hospital.
Enamul Haque, the elder brother of Iqbal Hossain, who died in the accident, filed a case in Faridpur Kotwali police station against the bus driver as the plaintiff.
Meanwhile, on behalf of the district administration, Additional District Magistrate Md. A seven-member investigation committee headed by Ali Siddiqui was formed.
