Police have arrested the restaurant manager of Tuptup Resto & Resort in Inani, Ukhiya, in connection with a fire that killed 10 tourists on Saturday.
Mohammad Sumon, the Resort manager, was arrested around 6pm and taken to Ukhiya Police Station, Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman said.
“A case is being processed in connection with the incident,” he said.
The fire broke out at the resort in the Patuertek area near Inani Beach around 7am and spread quickly, said Talha Bin Zashim, an official at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.
Two firefighting units rushed to the scene and brought the blaze under control by 8:15am. Firefighters fully extinguished it around 11am.
Ten bodies were recovered from the resort, while a team from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) joined the rescue operation, Talha said.
Six of the deceased were identified as Ishrat Jahan Maliha, 30, and Milita Mehejabin Alvi, 23, from Banasree in Dhaka; Laila Jahan Nabila, 27, and Nafista Mim, 27, from Khilgaon in the capital; and Fariha Kabir, 33, and Faizan Ahmed, 5, from Chuadanga.
The identities of the remaining victims could not be confirmed immediately.
The injured were identified as Shihab Uddin, 31, a physician at Mugda Medical College Hospital; his wife Nafiza Newaz Khan, 29; Mannan, 34; Meherunnesa, 30; Masud, 30; and Samida, 32.