Thirty-nine of the 53 workers killed Tazreen Fashions fire and buried unnamed could be identified from DNA sampling of their relatives.
Fourteen of the victims were yet to be identified. One hundred and twelve workers were killed in the Tazreen Fahsions fire at Ashulia on November 24.
The forensic department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital sent a letter to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association on December 12 confirming the identity of the 39 fire victims after matching their DNA samples with their relatives.
BGMEA vice-president Md Siddiqur Rahman, however, said that he did not know anything of it as the labour directorate and the DMCH were dealing with the matter.
Siddiqur said that the BGMEA would pay compensation to the families after the families were identified by matching DNA with their relatives and verification of the people by local administrations.
SM Mannan Kochi, another vice-president of the association, also said, ‘I am not aware of this matter.’
The 53 workers, burnt beyond recognition, were buried in the Jurain graveyard in Dhaka on November 27 under an arrangement of Anjuman Mufidul Islam.
A Criminal Investigation Department team along with forensic experts on November 26 collected samples from unidentified bodies for DNA matching.
After the fire, the BGMEA opened two information cells at Ashulia and at the BGMEA office so that families who had not found their relatives working with Tazreen after the fire could have their DNA sampled and matched against the samples collected from the dead bodies.
BGMEA source said that reports of DNA sampling and matching for the 14 victims would be completed soon.
Thursday 20 December 2012
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