Banani highrise fire case, Rupayan Group chairman secures bail

Dhaka, June 23 – Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group, yesterday secured bail in a case filed over the deadly fire that ripped through 22-storey FR Tower in the city’s Banani area on March 28.
Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka granted bail to Liakat after hearing on his bail plea. Earlier, he surrendered in the court on Sunday. His counsel said that his bail petition was granted on the ground that he is over sixty years of age and ill. Moreover, the court observed that the charges brought against him are bail-able. He will remain on bail until police submit its report about him in the case.
The devastating fire at the tower killed 26 people and left some 70 injured on March 28. On March 31, Milton Dutt, a Sub-Inspector and also the in-charge of Banani Police outpost, filed the case against land owner SMHI Faruque, Mukul, Chairman of Rupayan Group, the builder company, Tasvirul Islam, and others who were partner of the building management committee and some unknown persons. – Special Correspondent