Allegation of theft of shop goods in Bangabazar fire
Bangabazar, known as the capital's cloth wholesale market, was burnt to ashes by a terrible fire. Traders say there were about 5,000 shops, nothing of which remains now. Businessmen are shouting around. They also complained of theft of recovered goods.
Businessman Saiful Islam has alleged that the goods of the shop were stolen in the fire. He said that he brought the goods of the shop out after saving from the fire. Later some sacks were stolen from there.
Saiful, the owner of an affected cloth shop, complained that after the fire broke out in the Mahanagar shopping complex, he brought the goods from the shop in sacks and kept them on the road. Someone stole a few sacks from there.
Saiful Islam also told the media that around crores worth of cloths were raised in the store ahead of Eid. After the fire, we quickly removed them and brought them to the road. Then some sacks were stolen from there.
Thousands of ready-made clothing shops and shoe shops in Bangabazar shopping complex were burnt to ashes in a fire that broke out on Tuesday morning. There were four markets in the complex - Adarsh Market, Mahanagar Complex, Gulistan Market and Bangabazar Market.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
After a long seven and a half hours, the fire in Bangabazar of the capital came under control. The fire came under control after 6 and a half hours with the efforts of 50 units of the fire service. The fire service said that there is no danger of the fire spreading to the surrounding buildings.
What's Your Reaction?
