Two men arrested in Bangladesh after burning down Dhaka garment factory

Monday, 2 March 2020 16:00

Two men have been arrested following an arson attack on a garment factory in Dhaka's Mirpur area.

The duo, identified as 43-year-old Mohammed Shahidul Islam and 20-year-old Mohammed Ariful Islam torched the building after stealing clothes worth over 4.3 million Taka on February 15.

Following the fire, the factory owner reported that over 2 million Taka worth of products were destroyed.

The arrests were made when a Rapid Action Battalion team conducted a raid in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur yesterday.

The RAB members also seized women and men's trousers, and boys' shirts worth Tk 4,322,065.

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