The Dhaka district administration on Monday decided to wait one more day to bury the 58 unclaimed bodies of garment workers burned alive in the worst-ever factory fire at Ashulia. The bodies were set to be buried at Jurain graveyard once their DNA samples were preserved at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
But Dhaka district's Executive Magistrate Abdullah Al Mamun said they would wait another day for relatives to identify the bodies.
"The bodies will be kept at the morgue (DMHC) until 10am on Tuesday on humanitarian grounds following a government order. Bodies will be shown to those coming in search of their loved ones," said Mamun.
He said a man named Abdus Sattar identified his wife's body after DNA sample was taken around 4pm. Sattar was then handed the body of 'Morzina'.
Of the 60 bodies kept at DMCH on being retrieved from Tazreen Fashions on Sunday, relatives took the body of another worker named 'Munni' on Sunday night, said Dhaka district's Additional District Commissioner Abul Fazal Meer.
DNA sampling of the rest 59 bodies began at 1pm on Monday.
The body of Masuma Akter was identified by her husband Humayun Kabir around 6 pm.
Currently, there are 57 bodies at the DMCH morgue. At least 110 workers of Tazreen Fashions were burnt alive after a fire swept through the factory on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, the administration decided to task Anjuman Mofidul Islam with the burial of 58 unclaimed bodies immediately after their recovery.
But the decision was changed and the administration decided to wait until Monday.
ADC Meer said unclaimed bodies will be buried at Jurain graveyard under numbers corresponding to their DNA samples.
The DNA samples and the grave identification number will be used to let relatives of the victims know where their loved ones are buried.
On Monday, six families thronged DMCH looking for their dear ones and bodies were being showed to them for identification.
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