BSS-39 8 suspended Titas officials placed on 2-day remand

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8 suspended Titas officials placed on 2-day remand

NARAYANGANJ, Sep 19, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today placed eight
suspended officers and workers of Titas Gas Transmission and
Distribution Company Limited on a two-day remand each in a case filed
over the air conditioner blast at a Narayanganj mosque.

Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Kawsar Alam passed the order
after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police produced
them before the court this afternoon and pleaded with a five-day
remand, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of CID Mainul Hasan told the
BSS.

Earlier in the morning, the CID officials arrested the eight
suspended officials of the Titas from different areas of Fatullah in
the district over Baitus Salat Mosque blast in the district on
September 4, which so far claimed 33 lives.

The arrested were Manager in Fatullah zone Md Sirajul Islam, Deputy
Manager Engineer Mahamudur Rahman Rabbi, Assistant Engineer SM Hasan
Shahriar, Assistant Engineer Manik Mia, Supervisor Munibur Rahman
Chowdhury and workers Md Ayub Ali, Md Hanif Mia and Md Ismail Prodhan.

“They were arrested on basis of evidence of negligence,” Mainul Hasan said.

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