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muriel_volestrangler

(101,307 posts)

11. Owner Mohammed Sohel Rana 'arrested'

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 06:43 AM

Apr 2013

The owner of a building that collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing hundreds of people, has been arrested, a government minister says.

Local government minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested at the Indian border.

He has been in hiding since the Rana Plaza collapsed on Wednesday.
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The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka said rescue workers cheered and clapped at the news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22328566