Cox's Bazar resort fire: Police seek seven-day remand for manager
Hearing date remains pending in case over fire that killed 10.
Police have sought a seven-day remand for Mohammad Suman, manager of the Patuartek resort in Cox's Bazar where a fire killed 10 people on 17 October.
Sub-Inspector Robin Ghosh of Inani Police Outpost, who filed the case over the incident, submitted the remand application to the magistrate's court in Ukhiya today (19 October). The court has yet to set a date for the hearing.
Kamrul Islam, a sub-inspector serving as the court's general registration officer (GRO), confirmed the development.
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Suman is currently in jail after police detained him on the night of the fire.
Police later filed a case against 23 people, including two owners of the resort, over the incident.
The fire broke out at the resort in Patuartek around 7am on 17 October. Three Fire Service units began rescue and firefighting operations around 8am and brought the blaze under control by about 10am, before searching the premises for victims.
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police and Coast Guard assisted the Fire Service during the operation.
Rescuers recovered 10 bodies from the resort, while seven injured people received hospital treatment.
The bodies remain at the morgue of Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital. DNA samples collected from the deceased and their relatives have been sent to Dhaka for testing to help identify the victims.
A probe committee has also been formed to investigate the incident.
