In Pictures: People protest, mourn the depot fire of Chittagong

Several student rights councils on Monday staged a protest demanding the arrest of Mujibur Rahman, owner of BM Container Depot in Chittagong, for alleged deficiencies in chemical import and storage security measures, breach of security policy and negligence causing the fire incident. Besides, people of all ages lit candles at the Shaheed Minar in the port city to shelter the victims of the Sitakunda fire. Meanwhile, the CID of the police has started collecting DNA samples of the relatives of the victims to identify more bodies. 

The photos were taken by Dhaka Tribune’s Najifa Farhat, Mehedi Hasan, Mahmud Hossain Opu and Pimple Barua.