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Building tilts at Begunbari

Tawfique Ali
A seven-storey illegal building tilted in Begunbari yesterday, days after an unauthorised building collapsed in the same neighbourhood killing 25 people.
Most of the over 100 residents of the building were evacuated by yesterday evening while some stayed with nowhere else to go.
The building was constructed without approval from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, said Sheikh Abdul Mannan, director (development control).
The Rajuk director visited the site late yesterday afternoon.
"It is on Rajuk's list of 5,000 illegal buildings erected
without approval in the capital," he said.
Zahidul Haq, who runs a drug store near the building, said locals raised alarm in the morning and a fire brigade team from Tejgaon went to the scene and asked the inhabitants to evacuate.
Md Sirarj Mian is the owner of the building on 1.5 katha land. The first three floors of the building on the marshy land of Hatirjheel were constructed between 2005 and 2006. Sirarj then added four floors during the last few months. Construction of the sixth floor was ongoing.
Md Akbar, Siraij’s brother-in-law, who is overseeing the construction work, said Sirarj constructed the building with just a mason and some labourers and no engineers.
He said law enforcers in plain clothes arrested Sirarj around noon.
However, Sub-Inspector Abdul Kuddus, duty officer of Tejgaon Industrial Zone Police Station, and Sub-Inspector Shahidullah, duty officer of Detective Branch, said they knew nothing about the arrest of the building owner.
The Rajuk director said a criminal case has been filed against the building owner with Tejgaon Industrial Zone Police Station.
Police have been asked to evacuate the residents immediately.
Rajuk served a demolition notice on the building owner long ago but he did not pay heed, said the director.
"We left a notice again for the owner asking him to immediately demolish the building," he said, adding, "Otherwise we will pull it down next week."
Ground floor of the building, at East Begunbari, is used commercially while the rest of the building is residential.
Razia Sultana, a third-floor resident who lives with her son and daughter, said, "1 rented a flat in the building just three days ago and I will move out if it is risky but 1 still do not know
where to move. ”
At least 25 students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, located close to Begunbari, were among the residents.
Md Raihan, one of the students living on the fifth floor, said he came to know that the building has tilted to one side yesterday morning and he along with other students were planning to move out.