Three arrested in Bangladesh building explosion case as death toll rises to 21

Dhaka : Bangladesh authorities arrested three people in connection with the deadly explosion in a multi-storey building at a crowded area here in the national capital as rescue workers on Thursday recovered one more body from the rubble, raising the death toll to 21.
The “earthquake-like” explosion at the building at Old Dhaka’s crowded Gulistan area on Tuesday also injured over 100 people.
Three people including the owner of the building were arrested and remanded to custody, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahmed on Thursday placed building owner Wahidur Rahman, his brother Matiur Rahman and businessman Motaleb Mintu each on a two-day remand.
Meanwhile, rescue workers on Thursday recovered one more body from the rubble of the building, raising the death toll to 21.
The body was identified as that of a 38-year-old manager of Bangladesh Sanitary situated in the basement of the building, bdnews24 news portal reported.