A three-member committee, formed to probe the road accident at Mirsharai which killed 44 schoolboys on Monday, did not initiate
investigation till Tuesday afternoon.
The committee chief, Ibne Alam Hasan, also additional chief engineer of the Chittagong zone of Roads and Highways, said he came to know about the committee from media reports and did not receive any formal direction.
'I don't know yet the other members of the committee. I will initiate the probe after consulting the other members on receiving a formal direction,' he said.
He also said he had communicated with the higher authorities adding that he was advised to wait for a formal directive.
The communications ministry on Monday formed the three-member committee to probe the Mirsarai tragedy.
Kabir Ahmed Nizamee, chairman of Mayani union council, filed a case with the Mirsarai police accusing Mafiz Uddin, driver of the ill-fated truck, of causing the accident.
Iftekher Hasan, officer-in-charge of the Mirsharai police station, said the police launched a manhunt for the driver who had been on the run.
'We came to know from the survivors that he was driving recklessly and talking over mobile phone when the accident occurred,' he added.
The accident, which took place at Abu Torab-Bartakia road at about 1:00pm on Monday, killed 44 students, including 35 of Abu Torab High School, two of Abu Torab Fazil Madrassah, three of Abu Torab Primary School and two of Professor Kamal Uddin College.
Source : New Age
