Police have  arrested the owner of an unauthorized fireworks factory in Mymensingh where an explosion killed two female workers on Wednesday. 

The arrestee is  Md Borhan Uddin, 50, said Mukta Dhar, special superintendent of police, in a press briefing held at CID headquarters on Saturday. 

The arrest was made from Brahmanbaria during a drive on Friday night, she said. 

The arrestee is the prime accused in two cases filed under the Explosive Substances Act and the Penal Code at Nandail police station in Mymensingh over the incident. 

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On Wednesday, Nasima Aktar,30 and Afia Khatun,45, were killed in an explosion around 6:30 am while working at the factory located at South Bashati Chondipasha area. 

Primary interrogation revealed, Borhan was illegally producing fireworks at the factory for the last 20 years and used to supply them to nearby local shops.

“50 workers used to work in the factory on rotation basis. Deceased worker Nasima had been working there for one and a half year and Afia for just four months,” said SSP Mukta Dhar.