Bailey Road infarno: Kacchi Bhai owner put on remand

A Dhaka court has placed Sohel Siraj, owner of "Kacchi Bhai" restaurant, on a two-day remand in a case filed over the fire incident at Green Cozy Cottage commercial building on Bailey Road in February that claimed 46 lives.

Sohel was arrested from Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning when he returned to Dhaka from a foreign trip.

Md Anisur Rahman, special superintendent of police (Dhaka Metro South), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said that he was later produced in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court where the CID sought five days remand for him. However, the court granted a two-day remand.

On 29 February, a devastating fire broke out in Cha Chumuk restaurant on Dhaka's Bailey Road, leaving at least 46 people dead and many others injured.

As of Wednesday, seven people, including Kacchi Bhai restaurant manager and Chumuk restaurant owners, have been arrested in this case.