DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people last week after investigators blamed the toll on a disregard for safety.
The blaze broke out in the middle of the night on Friday when many of the ferry’s 700 passengers were sleeping near the southern district of Barguna.
Survivors relayed harrowing stories of having to jump into the Sugandha river from the three-story ferry, which was only designed to carry 420 people.