Tampaco Foils Limited owner, his wife, son and daughter surrendered to the High Court on Monday seeking bail in two cases filed for the fire at the factory at Tongi that killed 39 people on September 10. The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed adjourned till 3:00pm today the hearing in the petition filed by eight people including Tampaco chairman Mokbul Hossain, his wife Sajeda Pervin, his son Syed Tanvir Hossain, also Tampaco managing director, and daughter Abida Parvin, also a director, Abida’s husband Shafi Sami, also deputy managing director. The eight surrendered to the court more than two months after two murder cases were filed for the factory fire against the factory owners and officials including Mokbul Hossain, also former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker. Father of a deceased worker of the factory and a sub-inspector of Tongi police station filed the cases on September 1 and 17 respectively. A devastating fire raged through Tampaco Foils factory in Tongi BSCIC Industrial area early September 10 that left at least 39 people, mostly Tampaco workers killed, 10 workers missing and dozens injured.
