Detective Branch (DB) of police present SMHI Faruque and Tasvir Ul Islam - arrested in a case filed over the FR Tower fire - before media in front of the DB office in Dhaka on Sunday, March 31, 2019 CourtesyCourt rejected their bail petitionsA Dhaka Court has placed SMHI Faruque and BNP leader Tasvir Ul Islam on seven days remand in a case filed over FR Tower fire that killed 26 people. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sabbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order on Sunday, rejecting bail pleas filed by the arrestees. Meanwhile, their lawyer Tuhin Hawlader filed bail pleas with the court. Faruque, landowner of Banani’s FR Tower, was arrested from Bashundhara residential area around 1:45am on Sunday while Tasvir– one of the owners of the illegally occupied floors in FR Tower – was arrested from his home in Baridhara around 10:45pm on Saturday. Also Read- Owner of illegal portion of FR Tower heldAt least 26 people were killed and several others injured in the fire which broke out in Banani’s FR Tower on March 28.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 31, 2019 10:07 UTC