A Correspondent:
Cox’s Bazar: A case was filed against 23 people including the owner of Tuptup Resto & Resort in Cox’s Bazar over the fire that claimed lives of 10 people.
Sub-Inspector Ashis Sutradhar of Ukhiya Police Station filed the case on Saturday night, said Atikur Rahman Majumder, Officer-in-Charge of the police station.
Four people including resort owners Md Tanvir and Nawaz Morshed were named in the case, the OC said.
Resort manager Zahidul Islam Sumon was arrested from the scene on Saturday afternoon and later shown arrested in the case, he added.
ANM Sajedur Rahman, Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar Police said it would not be possible to confirm the cause of the fire until the investigation is completed.
Ten bodies were recovered as a fire ripped through the resort in Patuertek area near Inani Beach in Ukhiya upazila on Saturday morning.
Six of the deceased were identified as Ishrat Jahan Maliha, 30, and Milita Mehejabin Alvi, 23, from Banasree in Dhaka, Laila Jahan Nabila, 27, and Nafista Mim, 27, from Khilgaon area in the capital and Fariha Kabir 33, and Faizan Ahmed, 5, from Chuadanga.
The identities of the remaining four victims including two women and a child could not be known yet.
