FR Tower fire: Court seeks probe report on Feb 12

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Published : 13:05, Jan 13, 2020 | Updated : 13:06, Jan 13, 2020

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a multi-storey commercial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 28, 2019. REUTERSA Dhaka court on Monday (Jan 13) set Feb 12 to submit probe report in the case lodged over deadly inferno in FR Tower in capital’s Banani area on March 28 last year.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari set the date as investigation officer Inspector Jalal Uddin of the Detective Branch failed to submit the report on Monday.

General Registration Officer of Court Police SI Sheikh Rakibur Rahman confirmed the matter to Bangla Tribune.

A total of 26 people were killed and 73 others were injured in the fire that quickly engulfed the 22-storey building on Road-17 at Kamal Ataturk Avenue area in Banani.

Banani Police Box in-charge sub-inspector Milton Dutta filed the case on March 30 with Banani Police Station.

Police made Tasvir Ul Islam, one of the owners of FR Tower, SMHI Faruque, the land owner of the building, and Rupayan Group chairman Liyakat Ali Khan Mukul, accused in the case.

They have been blamed for collusion in causing loss of lives and properties with evil intention, causing loss of lives, severe injuries and damage to properties in fire caused by severe negligence, in the case.

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