FR Tower fire: Probe report submission April 16

Submission of investigation report in the case filed over the March 28 fire in Banani’s FR Tower has been deferred yet again.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari on Thursday (March 12) fixed April 16 for police to submit the probe report after the investigation officer failed to file it.

Since the fire, which killed 26 people and injured 73, the submission dates had been deferred a number of times in the past few months.

A total of 26 people were killed and 73 others were injured in the fire that quickly engulfed FR Tower, a 22-storey building in Banani.

Banani police box In-Charge Sub-Inspector Milton Dutta filed the first case on March 30 at Banani police station.

Tasvir Ul Islam, one of the owners of FR Tower, SMHI Faruq, the land owner of the building, and Rupayan Group chairman Liyakat Ali Khan Mukul, were accused in this case.

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