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BSS-29
REPORT-PROBE-FORGERY-DESIGN
Probe report in FR Tower design forgery case March 10
DHAKA, Feb 04, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today set March 10 to submit
probe report in a case lodged against 23 persons over alleged forgery in the
design of FR Tower, a high-rise in capital’s Banani area.
Today was fixed for submitting the report, but investigation officer
(IO) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Abu Bakar Siddique
failed to submit the report today.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes then set the new date.
A total of 27 people were killed and 70 others were injured in a
devastating fire that engulfed the building on March 28, 2019. The matter of
design forgery came into light as concerned officials were probing the fire
incident.
ACC filed two cases against 23 people, including plot owners Engineer
SMHI Faruk, one of the owners of the building Tasvir Ul Islam, for their
alleged involvement in design forgery and illegally extending FR Tower beyond
the permitted number of floors.
BSS/CORR/MHR/IJ/1750 Hrs