Court Correspondent :
The Senior Special Judges’ Court of Dhaka court yesterday (Tuesday) granted bail to land owner of FR Tower SMHI Faruque considering his illness and old age in two separate cases filed for extension of the high rise building illegally in the capital’s Banani area.
Judge KM Emrul Kayes of the Senior Special Judges
Court granted Faruque bail in the case till August 29 after Md Abubakar Siddiquei, a Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), produced him in the court last afternoon.
During the hearing, ACC official Siddiquei, and also the Investigation Officer of the case, appealed to the court to keep the accused in the jail until the probe is completed.
On the other hand, defense lawyer told the court that his client is now about 80 years of age and he has been suffering from different old-age ailments including heart disease.
Faruque got bail a day after he was arrested by the ACC from Banani area around 1:30 pm on Monday in connection with two separate cases. On June 25, the ACC filed two cases accusing 23 persons for their alleged involvement in illegally extending FR Tower that caught fire on March 27. The devastating fire left 25 people killed and 73 others injured.
The 23 accused in the cases include: Former Chairman of Rajuk, Chairman of Rupayan Housing Estate Limited and several government officials.
In an ACC enquiry, it was found that the 23-storey FR Tower had no fire alarm, narrow exit points and staircases, blocked fire exits and other issues. Moreover, the authorities had legally obtained a permission for a 15-storey building, they made the FR Tower later a 23-storey building. As a result, the casualties rose up.
The Senior Special Judges’ Court of Dhaka court yesterday (Tuesday) granted bail to land owner of FR Tower SMHI Faruque considering his illness and old age in two separate cases filed for extension of the high rise building illegally in the capital’s Banani area.
Judge KM Emrul Kayes of the Senior Special Judges
Court granted Faruque bail in the case till August 29 after Md Abubakar Siddiquei, a Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), produced him in the court last afternoon.
During the hearing, ACC official Siddiquei, and also the Investigation Officer of the case, appealed to the court to keep the accused in the jail until the probe is completed.
On the other hand, defense lawyer told the court that his client is now about 80 years of age and he has been suffering from different old-age ailments including heart disease.
Faruque got bail a day after he was arrested by the ACC from Banani area around 1:30 pm on Monday in connection with two separate cases. On June 25, the ACC filed two cases accusing 23 persons for their alleged involvement in illegally extending FR Tower that caught fire on March 27. The devastating fire left 25 people killed and 73 others injured.
The 23 accused in the cases include: Former Chairman of Rajuk, Chairman of Rupayan Housing Estate Limited and several government officials.
In an ACC enquiry, it was found that the 23-storey FR Tower had no fire alarm, narrow exit points and staircases, blocked fire exits and other issues. Moreover, the authorities had legally obtained a permission for a 15-storey building, they made the FR Tower later a 23-storey building. As a result, the casualties rose up.
