A day earlier, the court had cancelled the interim bail granted to landowner Faisal Tariq, factory owner Hassan Ali Mehta, and factory manager Imran Zaidi and ordered their arrest in the Korangi factory fire incident — which killed 16 people. The court said the factory in Mehran Town was built on a residential plot without the permission of the concerned agencies. Police added that the factory owner, Hassan Ali Mehta, used a single identity card number to register the names of two people. The police added that Mehta signed a contract with the factory owner in 2019. On August 27, 16 labourers lost their lives in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Mehran Town, Korangi.

Source: Pakistan Today September 08, 2021 12:33 UTC