Bodies Handed Over after Autopsy-DNA Test

An autopsy and DNA test will be conducted on each of the victims of the horrific blast at the BM container at Sitakunda in Chattogram. The body will then be handed over to relatives, said Mohammad Shahidul Islam, assistant commissioner of Chawkbazar zone of Chattogram city police.

He made the remarks after inspecting the site of a fire at the BM Depot in Bhatiari area on Sunday (June 5).

The assistant commissioner said many of the families and relatives of the victims wanted to take the body to the hospital after identification. However, autopsy and DNA test will be done on all the victims. The bodies will be handed over to the family and relatives following all the rules.

The death toll from fires and explosions at the depot has risen to 42. Seven of them are fire service personnel. The death toll is expected to rise further.

Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Ashraf Uddin said that the environment inside the depot was not good. You see, after a while the container explodes. The amount of washing is also high. However, there are no depot people, so we have to hurry to work or handle the situation. It is not possible to control the fire as there are chemical products.

He added that an expert team of 150 to 200 people had come to bring the depot fire under control. Hopefully they will take action. At the same time, we are taking care of our environment, especially river pollution.