images of people joining hands in flames of fire

Like many workers, she jumped from the floor to escape the flames. Her two daughters got married while the only son was studying at a school.īut things suddenly changed, as Abdul Hai, the only wage-earner, had his right leg broken in a road accident at the beginning of 2021, forcing Monowara to search for work.įinally, she got a job at the factory, but within a few weeks, the devastating fire dashed her hopes.ĭuring the fire, she was packing biscuits on the second floor. Housewife Monowara Begum, 36, with her three children was living a happy life with her day-labourer husband Abdul Hai. I demand punishment for those responsible for the incident,” she said. She was bringing them up with her hand-earned money. The mother of the victim told the Daily Sun that her husband left her when her three children were very young. After about five months into his joining, he had to suffer the tragic consequences like many others. As his college was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he joined the factory and made lollipops on the third floor. Yasin Ripon, a first-year intermediate student at Salimullah College in Kanchan of Narayanganj, lived with his family near the factory. I demand capital punishment for those responsible for the fire.” He said if the collapsible gate had been open, her daughter and others stranded on the floor might have lived. I am guilty about sending my daughter to work at her tender age,” he said. Parva Chandra Barman, father of Kampa, told the Daily Sun that whenever the thought of his daughter flashes through his mind, he is overwhelmed by guilt, as he sent her to work for a livelihood. The dream the ill-fated Kampa Rani dreamt for her family did not become a reality, as her life ended in the horrible blaze. Like other workers on the floor, she could not come out either as the collapsible gate was closed from the outside. She worked on the third floor of the factory. To support her poor father, Kampa Rani, 15, hailing from Chandpur under Kulaura upazila in Maulvibazar, joined Hashem Foods Limited, a food and beverage factory which is a sister concern of Sajeeb Group, in Rupganj of Narayanganj as a worker only eight days before the fire that broke out on July 8, 2021. What the family members of the dead and the injured are demanding is exemplary punishment of those responsible for the fire incident, more compensation and employment.

Images of people joining hands in flames of fire