A Dhaka court yesterday asked Criminal Investigation Department to conduct further investigations in a case filed over the Tazreen Fashions fire incident in 2012, and submit the report by April 22.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam passed the order, granting the prosecution’s no-confidence petition filed against the final investigation report submitted by CID that found the allegations against the defendants were not true.
On May 29, 2013, a person named Matinul Islam had filed a murder case with the chief judicial magistrate’s court against the owner of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd, Delwer Hossain, and some unnamed people. The complainant alleged that the main accused Delwer had intended to burn the factory. The resulting fire killed 117 people.
Matin’s sisiter Rehena, a worker in the factory, was amongst the dead. Matin alleged that the accused hid the corpse of Rehana after the fire.
On May 29, 2013, the then senior judicial magistrate had ordered Ashulia police to investigate the case and submit a report.
On October 23, 2014, Azharul Islam Sarker, the then office-in-charge (investigation) of Ashulia police station submitted the final report.