The driver of the pick-up van, which on Tuesday last ran over and killed five brothers in Cox’s Bazar, has no driving license. He was illegally driving several vehicles for the last two years.
RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Khandaker Al Moin disclosed it while addressing at a press briefing on Saturday.
Earlier RAB arrested the killer driver Shahidul Islam Saiful from Mohammadpur area in Dhaka on Friday.
Despite heavy fog on Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway on the fateful day, he had been recklessly driving the pick-up to deliver vegetables in the district town.
The RAB official said that during the primary interrogation, Shahidul admitted that he was behind the wheel when the pick-up van ran them over.
Validities of all three important papers — fitness clearance, route permit and tax token — were expired around three years ago. However, the pick-up was still in operation, he added.
At the briefing, the RAB director said Saiful claimed that he could not see clearly due to heavy fog. As he came close, he noticed the victims but he could not control the vehicle immediately due to high speed.
Five brothers died and two other siblings were injured as they were crossing the road in Malumghat area of Chakaria around 5am on Tuesday.
After the accident, Saiful contacted the pick-up van owner and informed him of the happenings. He parked the pick-up van in Malumghat area and met him at Chakaria where the owner advised him to go into hiding for about a year.
Moin said Saiful started operating the pickup van from the owner on a daily wage of Tk 500, one week before the accident.
The RAB official said they initially came to know that the driver had no previous acquaintance with the victim’s family.
Khandaker Al Moin told that the investigation officer of the case will investigate the allegations of previous enmity, made by the victim’s family.
