The body of journalist Abhishruti Shashtri, who died in the devastating fire in the capital’s Bailey Road area on Thursday, is yet to be handed over to her family due to complications over her name.
The former TheReport.live journalist’s family members said her real name is Brishti Khatun. She was a resident of Kushtia.
Abdul Majid, a member of ward no 7 of Betbaria Union, said: "The real name of Abhishruti Shashtri is Brishti. She studied at Eden Mohila College. Her name is Brishti on her birth certificate and national identity card.”
Abhishruti’s father Shablul Alam Sabuj said she was his eldest daughter, and he was in Dhaka to take her body back. “The administration will take a decision regarding handing over the body after DNA testing.”
He added that as his daughter used to write, and hence people called her Abhishruti. She was a final-year student in the philosophy department of Eden Mohila College.
Shablul Alam Sabuj said they could not reach Abhishruti since February 29. “Her mother and I tried to call her several times, but could not reach her. Later on March 1, (Friday) one of her friends called us and told us Abhisruti died in the Bailey Road fire.”
Police have arrested two owners of an eatery called Chumuk and the manager of Kacchi Bhai restaurant in connection with the devastating fire that broke out at Green Cozy Cottage in Bailey Road on Thursday night.
The detainees are Anwarul Haque and Shafiqur Rahman Rimon, owners of Chumuk and Md Jisan, manager of the Kacchi Bhai restaurant.
At least 46 people were killed, and over 20 others sustained severe injuries by a devastating fire on Thursday night.
Firefighters rescued 70 people, including 42 in unconscious state, from the rooftop and different floors of the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage.