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REPORT-CASE-FIRE-FR TOWER
Probe report in case over FR Tower fire Dec 11
DHAKA, Nov 12, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today set December 11 to
submit probe report in the case lodged over deadly inferno in FR Tower in
capital’s Banani area on March 28 this year.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari set the date as
investigation officer failed to submit the report today.
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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