Staff reporter : A case has been filed over fire incident at Bailey Road in the capital. Some unknown persons have been made accused in the case.

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Being the plaintiff, Ramna police filed the case on Friday night, bringing an allegation of negligence.

Mohammad Salman Farsi, DMP Ramna Zone's Assistant Commissioner, said "We have detained dozens of people for interrogation -- cleaners, chefs, staffers, and owner of shops. We are now sorting out who are involved with incident. After that, we will release those who have no involvement with the case."

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DMP's additional police commissioner said that ff anyone from the victims' families want to file case, they will be able to do it.

Earlier, police have arrested two owners of Cha-Chumuk Restaurant and the manager of Kacchi Bhai Restaurant -- housed on the ground floor of the seven-storeyed building which was engulfed by fire on Thursday (February 29) night.

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A total of 46 people have died, among them 20 were men, 18 women and 8 children, in the fire. Of the deceased, 40 victims have been identified. Among them, the bodies of 38 victims have been handed over to their respective families. Two bodies have been kept at the freezers of morgues, while attempts are going on to know the identities of rest six persons through the DNA tests.

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