Chawkbazar fire case, probe report on April 5

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Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed April 5 for submitting the probe report in the case filed over the devastating fire in the city’s Chawkbazar area on February 20 of 2019.
Magistrate Ashek Imam of the CMM Court of Dhaka set the new date as the Investigation Officer could not submit the report on Wednesday.
A total of 71 people were killed and many more were injured in the fire, which originated from a building named Wahed Mansion. A local named Asif filed the case with Chawkbazar Police Station for causing loss of lives and properties by the fire because of negligence.
According to the case documents, two owners of Wahed Mansion namely Md Hasan and his brother Sohel alias Shahid rented out their house as warehouse for chemical and flammable materials for making extra profit, in spite of knowing about the risk of fire.

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