In a case filed over Thursday’s deadly fire at Sejan Food and Beverage Factory in Rupganj that claimed at least 52 lives, a court here today ordered eight defendants, including the owner of Hashem Food factory and his four sons, on a four-day remand each.
As police presented the eight accused before the court and pleaded for a 10-day remand for each of them, Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Fahmida Khatun issued the order, according to Court Inspector Asaduzzaman.
Md Abul Hashem, Chairman and Managing Director of Sajeeb Group, and his four sons – Deputy Managing Director Hasib Bin Hashem (Sajeeb) and directors Tareq Ibrahim (Satej), Tawsif Ibrahim (Sheetal), and Tanjim Ibrahim; Sajeeb Group Chief Operating Officer Shahan Shah Azad; and Hashem Foods Limited Deputy General Manager Mamunur Rashid and its admin chief Salahuddin
Police had already filed a murder complaint against them at Rupganj Police Station and arrested them in various parts of the city.
