'Kacchi Bhai' restaurant owner arrested

Sohel Siraj, the owner of 'Kacchi Bhai' restaurant, has been arrested on arrival in the country from Malaysia over the deadly fire in Dhaka's Bailey Road area that left 46 people dead.

The Immigration Police detained him after landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night and handed him over to the Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Detained Sohel Siraj was shown arrested in a case filed over the incident, Azad Rahman, superintendent (media) of CID, confirmed to Jago News on Wednesday afternoon.

With this, a total of seven people were apprehended over the incident.

Earlier on February 29, a deadly fire broke out in a building named Green Cozy Cottage building in Bailey Road area, leaving 46 people dead.

The eight-storey building had a restaurant called 'Kacchi Bhai' on the second floor and many other food shops on other floors.

Police had filed a case over the fire incident on allegation of deaths due to negligence.

TT/MSU