Dhaka, March 13 -- The High Court has issued a rule asking why the arrest of restaurant workers over the deaths of 46 people in a building fire on Bailey Road shall not be declared illegal. The panel of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Md Atabullah also sought a list of workers arrested in a case over the incident after hearing on Wednesday a writ petition filed by lawyer Masud Reza Sobhan.Speaking to bdnews24.com, Masud said the inspector general of police was ordered to provide the list of arrested workers within a month.

He alleged at least 800 innocent workers, who came from Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh for a living, were arrested in the case.

Police said they arrested Anwarul Haque and Shafiqur Rahman Rimon, owners of Cha Chu...