Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Jul-24,

A four-member committee has been formed by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) to investigate the collision of the Shahjalal ferry with a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge.

The committee has been asked to submit a report to the BIWTC chairman within three days.

BIWTC issued an order in this regard Friday.

BIWTC Director (Commerce) SM Ashiquzzaman was made the convener of the committee. Other members of the committee were BIWTA Director (Shipping) M Shahjahan, BIWTC AGM (Marine) Ahmed Ali, and AGM (Engineering) Rubeluzzaman.

Meanwhile, inland master officer Abdur Rahman, in charge of the Shahjalal, was suspended for failing to operate properly.

Earlier on Friday morning, Shahjalal, a Ro-Ro ferry that operates on the Shimulia-Banglabazar (Madaripur) route, crashed into the pillar near the Mawa area of Munshiganj at around 9 am, causing injury to 20 people.