A court has placed eight accused, including the chairman of Sajeeb Group, on four-day remand each in connection with the fire in a juice factory belonging to the Group in Rupganj that left 52 people dead.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Fahmida Khanam Fahmida Khanam passed the order after a hearing on Saturday afternoon. Earlier, the police produced the accused before the court and applied for a 10-day remand each.
The accused are: Sajeeb Group Chairman and Managing Director Md Abul Hashem, his four sons -- Hashem Bin Hashem, Tareq Ibrahim, Tawsib Ibrahim and Tanjim Ibrahim, and its CEO Shahan Sha Azad, DGM Mamunur Rashid and head of admin Md Alauddin.
Earlier, police filed a case with Rupganj police station against the eight people and many unknown others following the massive fire in the factory.
The devastating fire that swept through the seven-storey building housing the juice factory of Hashem Foods Ltd at Bhulta Karnagop in Rupganj, Narayanganj broke out around 5 pm on Thursday.
It took around 27 hours for 18 firefighting units to douse the fire completely as at some floors huge amounts of inflammable substances were stockpiled.
On Friday noon, after breaking the locked door of the fourth floor, firefighters discovered rows of bodies burnt to ashes.
Firefighters recovered 49 bodies from the floor and sent them to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital’s morgue, which took the death toll to 52 from the tragic incident. None of the 49 bodies could be identified yet as they have completely burnt to black.
GY
