Karachi police on Tuesday arrested the owners and an official of a factory in Mehran Town after a local court cancelled an interim pre-arrest bail granted to them in a case pertaining to the death of 16 workers in a fire incident, Dawn reported. Earlier on August 27, the fire in M/s BM Luggage had killed 16 workers and police had booked factory owner Hassan Meetha alias Ali Meetha, building owner Faisal Tariq, its three supervisors — Syed Imran Ali Zaidi, Zafar and Rehan — and watchman Syed Zarin over their alleged involvement in the case. The case was registered under Sections 322 (manslaughter) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code. According to the FIR, the deaths took place on the upper portion of the building that allegedly lacked any emergency exit. “The factory building has been constructed in a manner that none can exit in case of emergency while no emergency alarm system was installed in it,” added the FIR.

Source: Pakistan Today September 07, 2021 19:18 UTC