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The chairman of the mosque committee has pointed the guilty finger at the local staff of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in connection with the fire. He alleged that there was a gas leak in the mosque building. Titus told local officials that he wanted a bribe of Rs 50,000.
The Minister of State for Energy, Power and Mineral Resources, Nazrul Hamid, said that strict measures would be taken if the Titas Gas Authority was negligent in the incident. A five-member investigative committee has been formed, he said.
More than 50 firefighters were admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Plastic Surgery and Burns in Dhaka after the explosion at the mosque on Friday night. Eleven people died at 9 a.m. on Saturday. As the day wore on, the death toll continued to rise. The death toll rose to 14 by noon. The death toll rose to 16 in the afternoon. By 11 p.m., the number had risen to 21.
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According to official sources, the bodies of 18 people were handed over to their relatives on Saturday night. The bodies of those who died at night will be handed over to their families on Sunday. Among the dead, 95 percent of the body of a boy named Jewel was burned. Mosque Imam Abdus Sobhan was also among the dead. According to hospital sources, she died at 10 o’clock on Saturday night. Imam’s house is in the Putiajuri village of Muradnagar, Comilla. His son Abdul Malek was also burned to death in the accident.
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The mosque muezzin, Delwar Hossain, and his 18-year-old son Junaid were also killed. Two days ago, Junaid came to his father from Langalkot in Comilla.
Shahbagh Police Station Deputy Inspector Golam Hossain Khan said the bodies of 18 people were identified and handed over to their families at the request of their relatives. An autopsy was not performed. The rest are in the delivery process.
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