Police have arrested the owner of an unauthorized fireworks factory in Mymensingh where an explosion killed two female workers on Wednesday.
Md Borhan Uddin, 50. Was arrested during a drive in Brahmanbaria on Friday night.
Mukta Dhar, special superintendent of police (SSP), confirmed the matter at a press briefing on Saturday.
Borhan is the prime accused in two cases filed under the Explosive Substances Act and the Penal Code at Nandail police station in Mymensingh over the incident.
On Wednesday, Nasima Aktar,30 and Afia Khatun,45, were killed in an explosion around 6:30am while working at the factory located in the South Bashati Chondipasha area.
Primary interrogation revealed Borhan was illegally producing fireworks at the factory for the last 20 years and used to supply them to nearby local shops.
“50 workers used to work in the factory on a rotation basis. Deceased worker Nasima had been working there for one and a half years and Afia for just four months,” said the police official.
