Detective Branch (DB) of police in an
overnight raid arrested chairman and managing director of the
fire-ravaged Smart Export Garments Ltd from the capital's Dhanmondi area
Tuesday midnight, four days after the tragedy that claimed lives of
seven workers.
The arrested
persons were identified as Sharif Ahmed Salam, chairman of the factory
and its managing director Zakir Ahmed. Both of them were missing since
the fire incident Saturday last.
"We've
intelligence report that the absconding duo might come to the
Chairman's Dhanmondi residence at night and arrested them at about
11:30pm on Tuesday," DMP's deputy police commissioner (DB west) Mollah
Nazrul Islam told the reporters at a briefing at its Media Centre at
noon.
Citing outcome of
preliminary interrogation, he said they (the arrested people) admitted
that they did not have fire licence, insurance, fire exit and fire
extinguishers.