N’ganj Mosque Tragedy: Electrician who ‘set up illegal line’ held
A Narayanganj court yesterday placed an electrician on a two-day remand after he was arrested the same day in a case filed in connection with the blast at Pashchim Talla Baitus Salat Mosque in Narayanganj that left 33 people dead so far.
Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court placed the arrestee -- Mobarok Hossain (35) – on remand after he was produced before the court by law enforcers, said Asaduzzaman, inspector of Narayanganj Court Police.
Criminal Investigation Department arrested Mobarok Hossain from Narayanganj Sadar upazila.
CID Inspector Babul Hossain told The Daily Star that during investigation, they found an illegal electricity line in the mosque and the connection was set up by Mobarok, who is not a staff member of the power department.
The CID official said the explosion would not have occurred on September 4 if this illegal line was not there.
According to fire officials, the explosion was caused by the accumulation of leaked gas from an underground Titas Gas pipeline that somehow came in contact with an electric spark.
On Saturday, eight officials of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, who have been suspended over the blast at the mosque, were arrested by CID.
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