FR Tower Fire: Land owner gets bail
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to SMHI Faruque, the land owner of FR Tower in Banani, in connection with a case filed over the fire at the high-rise building that killed 26 people on March 28.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saiduzzaman Sharif passed the order after the lawyer of Faruque, 65, moved a petition seeking bail in the case.
His bail plea was granted considering his age, ailments including cancer, and custody, confirmed General Recording Officer (GRO) SI Sheikh Rakibul Hassan.
Earlier on April 11, another accused Tasvir Ul Islam, one of the two owners of FR Tower, was granted bail considering his health condition and age.
On April 8, another Dhaka court had rejected bail petitions of two owners of FR Tower and sent them to jail in the case on expiry of their seven-day remand.
Earlier on March 31, SMHI Faruque, the land owner of FR Tower, and Tasvir were placed on seven-day remand each.
Following the incident, Sub-inspector of Banani Police Station Milton Dutt filed the case where he said that the accused showed utter negligence to human life and property by violating building construction rules, by not keeping safe exits, and not implementing fire safety measures.
“This led to the death of 26 people, the injury of over 100 others and the damage of properties in adjacent buildings,” the statement read.
The two, along with Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, 57, chairman of Rupayan Group -- the builder company, leaders of the building management committee, and some unidentified persons were charged for the death of people due to negligence.
The accused committed the offences as part of their ill motive to make financial benefit, it stated.
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