He claimed that Barua had been trying to pass his responsibility for the chemical factory fire incident over to him Amu. “He has just tried to avoid any questions in advance," Amu said at a news conference at his residence in Dhaka on Monday. Barua was at the helm of the industries ministry during the Nimtali fire in 2010 where over a hundred people lost their lives. Following the incident, an investigation had recommended that chemical warehouses and factories be moved away from Old Dhaka. They did not want to go to any plots.”Amu said the factories of Old Dhaka were not under the industries ministry.

Source: bd News24 February 25, 2019 14:15 UTC