The owner of Suprobhat Paribahan bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 was placed on a three-day remand yesterday, hours after his arrest from the capital's Mugda.

The conductor of Suprobhat Paribahan confesses to a magistrate that he was driving the bus, ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19.

The bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 was being driven by its conductor Yasin Arafat, the driver of the bus confessed before a magistrate court yesterday.

The bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 was being driven by its conductor, police said yesterday, in a shift from their earlier statement that the driver was at the wheel.

The bus of Suprobhat Paribahan, which ran over and killed a university student in the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday, faced legal actions 27 times and plied Pragati Sarani road for long without the authorities' permission.

Student demonstrators yesterday said they would resume their peaceful protest for safe roads on Sunday to keep pressure on the authorities to implement their promises.

The bus driver of Suprobhat Paribahan, which killed a university student near the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday, was driving recklessly to flee the spot after hitting another pedestrian in Shahjadpur area, said police.

In the face of student protests for road safety, transport owners and workers yesterday came up with the same old promises of not operating buses on daily contracts, and scrutinising licences before appointing drivers.