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Probe body formed over Baitul Mukarram pandal collapse

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Published: 14:21, 18 May 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Probe body formed over Baitul Mukarram pandal collapse

Senior Correspondent: A seven-member committee has been formed to investigate Friday’s collapse of a pandal on the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque premises that killed one person and injured 22 others.

The committee has been asked to submit its report within three working days.

Islamic Foundation secretary Kazi Nurul Islam has been made convener of the committee while mosque and market department director Muhammad Mohiuddin Majumdar made member secretary of the committee.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah told this to the media on Saturday.

Abdullah visited the injured at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) this morning.

The family of Shafiqul Islam, who died during the pandal collapse, was given Tk 25,000.

Abdullah promised to ensure proper treatment for injured Afzal Hossain, and shift injured Assistant Sub-Inspector of Special Branch Shariful Islam, 36, to NITOR.


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