Probe going on at snail's pace

As of yesterday, the investigation officer could not find many of the picnic goers to be interrogated and is still in the dark about the incident except for some statements made by Ansars.

Sub-Inspector of Keraniganj Police Station Madhusudan Sarkar, who is assisting detective branch in investigating the case, said, "We are looking for people who went to the picnic. There is no significant development in the case as we did not find many of the picnic-goers."

Sources said the Ansars interrogated denied having any involvement in the Friday night mayhem at Sadarghat.

The case, filed by Sanchita, a relation of one victim, on Saturday with South Keraniganj PS, was transferred to detective branch on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the four-member probe body, formed by the government with 48-hour time-limit to report on the clash involving two groups of picnickers and Ansars at Sadarghat terminal that left ten people dead, could not submit its report within the stipulated time.

Sources said the probe-body is yet to determine what causes the incident and who were behind it.