Mosque blast: 8 employees of Titas put on remand

A court in Narayanganj placed eight suspended officials and workers of Titas Gas on a two-day remand on charge of negligence in repairing gas leaks that led to a blast in mosque.

Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Kausar Alam passed the order on Saturday (September 19).

Lawyer Sultan Mahmud confirmed the matter.

Earlier, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced them before the court seeking five days remand.

The eight officials are - Titas manager Mohammad Sirajul Islam, deputy manager Mahmudur Rahman Rabbi, assistant engineers SM Hasan Shahriar and Manik Miah, supervisor Monibur Rahman Chowdhury, senior developer Ayub Ali, assistant Hanif Miah, and worker Ismail Prodhan.