Tazreen officials on five day remand

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      A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three officials of fire-devastated Tazreen Fashion Ltd on a five-day remand in a case filed for the deaths of 111 workers in a devastatinA Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three officials of fire-devastated Tazreen Fashion Ltd on a five-day remand in a case filed for the deaths of 111 workers in a devastating fire at the factory.

     Ashulia police Wednesday night arrested the officials - Md Dulal Uddin, 37, administrative officer; Md Hamidul Islam Lavlu, 32, store in-charge; and Al-Amin, 27, security supervisor; of Tazreen Fashion Ltd - in the capital and Ashulia.

      Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh passed the order after Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station and also investigation officer in the case, produced them before the court seeking seven days' remand for each.

     In the forwarding report, the investigation officer said three officials, who usually control the garment workers, padlocked all the collapsible gates when the fire broke out at the factory on Saturday.

     111 workers died due to their negligence and that's why they need to be remanded to find out the vital clues about the incident and whereabouts of other persons responsible for incident, he added.

      Superintendent of Dhaka District Police Habibur Rahman, at a press briefing, said the three officials were arrested for resisting the workers from leaving the factory, padlocking the collapsible gates of the staircases and providing wrong information to the workers when the fire broke out.

       Police raided the Uttar Badda residence of Tripti, a nephew of Tazreen factory owner Delwar Hossain, and arrested Hamidul, said Habibur.

      The workers alleged that some officials obstructed the exit of workers after the fire alarm on Saturday saying that nothing had happened.