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It's arson

Says home minister on Tazreen fire

Staff Correspondent
The last year's deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions was an act of arson, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday said, reviewing his ministry's investigation report.
He mentioned three possible causes, explaining why the arson had been committed.
Despite many obstacles in its way, the garment industry went ahead,
Muhiuddin said, and those who did not like its progress might have been behind the inferno that killed 112 workers on November 24 last year at the factory in Ashulia on the capital's outskirts.
Neighbouring garment factories often engage in an ill competition, he said, and so, there was a chance that one of those less productive factories nearby had committed the act of sabotage to win the race.
And the third possibility was that some workers who had been angry with the management did the crime, the minister said.
An investigation was also going on to find out whether any negligence of the factory authority had been behind the blaze, he said, adding he had directed the authorities concerned to take legal actions against the people responsible.
A home ministry team probed the incident, only to find that the country's deadliest fire was an act of sabotage.
Asked why the owner of Tazreen Fashions was not yet arrested, he said the Criminal Investigation Department was engaged in an investigation. After the submission of the probe report, proper legal actions will be taken --not only against the owner but all who were guilty.
Besides, the home ministry has formed a five-member team comprised of officials from Fire Service and Civil Defence, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Labour Division and Industrial Police to conduct a survey on safety issues in garment factories.
The committee would find out whether garment factories ensured workers' safety in line with the existing rules, Muhiuddin said, and would ask the non-compliant factory units to follow the rules.
After that if any factory fails to do so, the committee would take legal steps against them.
The committee was given three months to complete the task, he added.
Garment factories were not only of their owners, the minister said, adding they also belonged to workers, loan providers and the state.
Therefore, he said, "I urge all quarters to refrain from making unsubstantiated comments that can tarnish the image of the [Bangladesh garment] industry abroad."