Deputy Attorney General Jahid Sarwar Kajal appeared at the hearing on behalf of the state while the bail petitioner was represented by lawyers Mumtazuddin Ahmed Mehedi and Sheikh Obaidur Rahman. The state will appeal against the court’s bail decision, Kajal told reporters after the hearing. The deadly fire in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar on Feb 20 killed 71 people. The fire started at Wahed Mansion’s second floor used for storing chemical, not by gas cylinder of any vehicle or restaurant, said the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh or IEB after an investigation. Of the 71 people who died in the fatal fire, 24 were found on the ground floor of the Mansion.

Source: bd News24 March 11, 2019 17:26 UTC