Rupayan Group chairman gets bail

Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group -- the construction company responsible for building FR Tower, surrendered to a court yesterday and secured bail in a case filed over the deadly fire at the 22-storey building in Banani. 

Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order after Mukul sought bail in the case through his lawyer SK Abu Sayeed.

His bail was granted on grounds that he is over sixty years of age and ill. Moreover, charges of negligence are not specific and sections under which those were brought are bailable.

Two other accused -- Tasvir Ul Islam, an owner of FR Tower, and SMHI Faruque -- land owner of FR Tower, were earlier granted bail on April 11 and May 6 respectively.

Liakat’s bail was granted upon a bond of Tk 20,000 with two guarantors. It will remain valid until the probe report is submitted, the magistrate added in his order.

General Recording Officer (GRO) SI Sheikh Rakibul Hassan opposed the bail petition saying that the charges brought against the builder company are specific and the fire broke out due to the builder company’s negligence.