BM Container Depot fire: Eight bodies identified by DNA test

DNA tests have confirmed the identities of the bodies of eight people  who were burnt to death in last month’s deadly blasts and fire at BM Container Depot at Sitakunda of Chattogram, police said on Thursday.

The victims have now been identified as  Akter Hossain, Abul Hashem, Monir Hossain, Babul Mia, Sakib, Md Rasel, Md Shahjahan, and Abdus Sobhan Prakash Abdur Rahman, said  Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost assistant sub-inspector Alauddin Talukder.

He said the relatives of the eight people have been asked to take the bodies from the hospital.

The eight were among the 22 bodies whose identities remained unknown since the fire disaster on June 4.

The DNA samples collection booth has been set up in front of the emergency department of CMCH next to the help cell of the district administration in collaboration with the Chattogram district police.

Earlier, 29 bodies were handed over to the families and relatives out of 51 dead. Out of them, 37 bodies have been identified so far.

The dead included 10 firefighters. Over 200 people were injured in the fire.