Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court placed three people on a one-day police remand in a case filed over attack on the Fire Service and Civil Defense Headquarters people during the recent Bangabazar fire in the capital.
Metropolitan Magistrate Ataullah of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order on Thursday.
The accused people are- Md Razu, Shawon and Shahadat Hossain.
Earlier, Masudul Hasan, a Sub-Inspector of
Bangshal Police Station and also the Investigation Officer of the case, produced the accused in the court seeking three-day remand.
Earlier on Tuesday (4 April), some firefighters were left injured after a mob attacked the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, located near the Bangabazar market area after a devastating fire broke out.
Bongshal Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Israfil filed a case on Wednesday night over the attack accusing 250-300 unnamed persons for obstructing government duty, the police official said.
Later, on Thursday morning, the police arrested three individuals in connection with the case.
“The incident took place when fire service personnel were working to extinguish the fire in Bangabazar. When the police tried to stop them, they were also attacked,” the deputy commissioner said.
Separate cases are being filed by the fire service headquarters in connection with the attack on fire fighters, and vandalism at its headquarters, he said.
