Tazreen's 3 officials denied bail

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of three officials of fire-devastated Tazreen Fashion Ltd and ordered sending them to jail.
The accused officials are Administrative Officer Dulal uddin, Store-in-Charge Hamidul Islam Lablu, and Security Supervisor Mohammad Al Amin.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Washim Sheikh passed the order after Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Ashulia Police Station and investigation officer of the case, produced them before it on completion of their five-day remand.
In the forwarding report placed before the court yesterday, Mostafa said he gathered important information from the three people. The information derived from the three was being verified, he said.
He said he appealed to the court to detain them in jail until the investigation completes.
Earlier on November 28, the IO said all the garment workers were controlled by the three accused.
The investigation reveals that the three accused closed all the collapsible gates soon after the fire broke out, he said.
At least 111 workers died due to their negligence, Mostafa Kamal said, adding that if they took necessary steps, the victims might have escaped the building and such incident could have been avoided.