The Custom House Chittagong has sought an explanation from the BM Container Depot asking why its private bonded warehouse licence should not be cancelled, which is in relation to the devastating fire incident and deadly blasts at the depot on the night of 4 June, which left at least 51 people dead and 250 others injured.
This has been underlined in recent media reports, which maintained a notice has been served to the BM Container Depot — this inland container dept (ICD) is a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture in Sitakunda, 20 miles north of the Bangladesh’s principal seaport of Chittagong — in this regard recently.
Reports further added the notice has been served to the depot’s Managing Director on 15 September after a customs probe committee submitted a report that spoke of six specific reasons for the deadly blasts even if the ICD has already started running operations partially from 29 August.
