Dhaka, April 12 -- A court has remanded five suspects to police custody for questioning over the launch accident that killed five people at Dhaka's Sadarghat.

Sadarghat River Police Sub Inspector Nakib Aizul Haque, the investigating officer in the case, petitioned the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court for 10 days' remand to interrogate the arrestees on Friday.

The representative for the defence petitioned for bail.

After the hearing, Judge Arifa Chowdhury Himel scrapped the bail petition and remanded the suspects for three days, confirmed state lawyer Anowarul Kabir Babul.

The five detainees remanded are Farhan-6 Launch Master Abdur Rouf Howladar, 54, Second Master Selim Howladar, 54, and Manager Faruk Khan, 70, and Tasrif-4...