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Speedboat captain involved in fatal accident remanded in custody

The captain of a speedboat that fatally hit a Bangladeshi national fishing off ADh. Dhangethi has been arrested and remanded in custody.

The accident occurred on Saturday when the speed boat hit a man fishing for grouper in the water. Police received a report of the incident at 7.55 am. According to sources, the man was sliced in two and died on impact.

The captain of the boat, a Maldivian man, was eventually arrested. On Saturday, the court remanded him in custody for 15 days.