Police have started a case against Md Hashem, chairman and MD of Sajeeb Group, and seven others over a deadly blaze that claimed more than 50 lives at a factory in Narayanganj's Rupganj, reports bdnews24.com.
Detective police also took the company's CEO Shahan Shah Azad into custody in connection with the incident on Saturday.
Sajeeb Group is the parent company of Hashem Foods Ltd, the scene of the devastating fire which broke out on Thursday.
Apart from Hashem, the owner of the factory, his four sons including the company's Deputy Managing Director Hasib Bin Hashem and Director Tareq Ibrahim, are also implicated in the case, according to Narayanganj's Superintendent of Police Zaidul Alam.
The other suspects are Mamunur Rashid, deputy general manager of Hashem Foods, and Md Salauddin, its administrative officer.
Meanwhile, Azad was picked up by law enforcers from Sajeeb Group's offices at the Shezan Point building in Dhaka's Farmgate around 1:30 pm on Saturday.
A senior reporter from bdnews24.com was on the scene when the man was driven away.
Md Shahabuddin, a security guard at the building, said, “A group of men identifying themselves as DB officers came and took him [Azad] away.”
DB officials refused to comment on the matter at the time.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan visited the factory earlier on Saturday and said eight people had been detained in connection with the incident.
However, he did not reveal any further details about the detainees.
