A Chattogram court on Wednesday placed one of the directors of Seema Oxygen Limited on a one-day remand in a case over the death of seven people in a massive explosion in the oxygen plant in Sitakunda on March 4, reports UNB.
Chattogram Chief Judicial Magistrate Kamrun Nahar Rumi passed the order after hearing a petition in this regard.
Jakir Hossain Mahmud, inspector of Chattogram district court, confirmed the matter.
He said accused Parvez Uddin Santu was produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer but the court granted one day.
Earlier on March 4, a massive cylinder explosion and fire at Seema Oxygen Plant inKadam Rasul area of the Bhatiari union of Sitakunda left seven people dead and 30 others wounded.
Rokeya Begum, the wife of Abdul Quader who died in the explosion, filed the case against 16 people, including three brothers, who own the oxygen plant.
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