Fifty-three unidentified bodies from the fire at Tazreeen Fashions Ltd were buried at the Jurain Graveyard in the capital on Tuesday afternoon after two days of wait for their families, reports bdnews24.com
But the bodies were beyond recognition.
Anjuman-e-Mafidul Islam, a charity, received the bodies and conducted the burials when the nation observed a day of mourning on Tuesday.
After concluding the DNA tests at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), the district administration handed over the bodies to the welfare body.
The graves were prepared on Monday night and the serial numbers of the DNA were tagged with the coffins as well as on the boards erected there so that their families can identify the dead bodies later.
The deadliest factory fire broke out on the ground floor of the multi-storey Tazreen Fashions Limited of Tuba Group killing at least 110 workers, according to government estimates.
Sixty bodies were initially handed over to the Anjuman-e-Mafidul Islam for burial. Later, the district administration decided to wait until Tuesday for relatives of the dead to claim them.
As relatives claimed seven more bodies, the administration handed over the rest around 11:30am on Tuesday.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Dhaka Abul Fazal Meer told reporters that they had 55 bodies last night. Husbands of 'Zaheda' and 'Mariam' identified their bodies in the morning. "We've handed over 53 bodies to Anjuman-e-Mafidul Islam for burial."
The ADC, however, could not say how many of the bodies were male and female.
"The bodies are burnt so badly that identifying them was almost impossible," he said. After the first namaz-e-janaza at the DMCH, the bodies were taken to Jurain graveyard and buried after a second Janaza there.
Mohammad Abdul Halim, Assistant Director of Anjuman-e-Mafidul Islam, said that all the bodies were buried as per Islamic rituals.
Wednesday 28 November 2012
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