8 people including Sajib group chairman and managing director have been nabbed over the death of workers after fire broke out at the company’s sister concern Hashem Food and Beverage’s Sejan Juice factory.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said this while visiting the spot on Saturday (July 10). He pronounced stern action to be taken against the responsible people.
On Thursday (July 8) 3 people died after they jumped off the building as it set on fire.
The massive fire in a food processing factory in Narayanganj has left at least 52 people killed with dozens of workers still missing.
Firefighters recovered 49 charred bodies on Friday from the burning factory building of Hashem Food Ltd, a concern of Sajeeb Group, taking the death toll to 52.
Three deaths were reported in the immediate aftermath of the fire on Thursday at the six-storey factory building at the Kornogop area of Bhulta in the district’s Rupganj upazila.
Over 50 other workers were also injured after jumping off the building immediately after the fire broke out.
Meanwhile, Forensic department Dean of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Mohammed Masud Rabbi Sabuj said, it will take a month to conduct DNA tests of the slain workers to ensure identity.
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