Police start case, arrest one over Chittagong landslip that killed three children

One of the accused, Mohammad Shahabuddin, was arrested around 9pm on Sunday.

Sub-Inspector Abdul Halim of Bayezid Police Station filed the case against Shahabuddin, Mohammad Mohiuddin, Mohammad Russel, and Mohammad Sohel.

Bibi Mariam, 18 months, ‘Salma’, 5, and Arafat Hossain Farid, 12, all children of mechanic Mohammed Shahjahan, were buried alive in the landslide on the shanties called Amin Colony in the foothills at Bayazid Tank early on Sunday.

The colony is an illegal settlement resulting from encroachment on the hills.
 
A total of 127 people residing in similar settlements had died during the deadly landslips in the hills of Chittagong after heavy rains in June 2007.