Police have raided 1,132 restaurants in Dhaka over the last three days in the wake of the deaths of 46 people in a blaze that ripped through a building housing several eateries on Bailey Road last month. People were prosecuted on 887 instances as part of the campaign crackdown, Dhaka Metropolitan Police announced in a statement on Wednesday. It said they are conducting raids on hotels, restaurants, risky shops selling gas cylinders, and chemical warehouses in the capital. Over the past three days starting from Sunday, they raided a total of 1,347 establishments, including 1,132 hotels and restaurants, 207 gas cylinder shops, and eight chemical warehouses, it said. The deadly blaze raced through the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage, mostly housing restaurants, on Thursday.

Source: bd News24 March 06, 2024 14:01 UTC