DHAKA, April 16, 2019 (BSS) – Two sons of the owner of Haji Wahed Mansion, from where the devastating Chawkbazar fire originated and killed 71 people on the night of February 20, today gave confessional statements in the case lodged over the deadly incident.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court sent Md Hasan and his brother Md Sohel alias Shahid to jail after recording their statements under section 164.
The court recorded their statement as investigation officer and inspector (investigation) Murad of Chawkbazar Police Station produced the duo before court after end of their seven-day remand and pleaded to record their statements.
Earlier on April 8, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury placed the siblings on seven-day remand.
The two brothers on April 2 surrendered before a lower court and pleaded again for bail, as the tenure of their three-week bail granted by the High Court had ended.
The state, however, opposed their plea. After hearing both the sides, the court rejected the bail plea and sent the duo to jail.
A High Court bench on March 11 granted the siblings bail for three weeks, asking them to cooperate with investigation officer of the case filed over the deadly blaze.
The High Court at that time had asked them to surrender before lower court once their bail period was over.