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Dhaka building collapse: Owner Mohammed Sohel Rana 'arrested' | Dhaka building collapse: Owner Mohammed Sohel Rana 'arrested' |
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The owner of a building that collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing hundreds of people, has been arrested, a government minister says. | The owner of a building that collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing hundreds of people, has been arrested, a government minister says. |
Local government minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested at the Indian border. | |
He has been in hiding since the Rana Plaza collapsed on Wednesday. | |
Meanwhile, rescuers are in a race against time to reach more survivors as officials prepare to bring in heavy machinery to move the wreckage. | |
Mr Nanak said that Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested near the land-crossing in Benapole along the border with India's West Bengal state and was being brought back to Dhaka by helicopter. | |
He made the announcement by loudspeaker at the site of the collapsed building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar. | |
He said the arrest had been made by soldiers from the Rapid Action Battalion. | |
The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka said rescue workers cheered and clapped at the news. | |
There has been widespread anger at the disaster and six people, including three factory owners, have now been arrested. | |
More than 360 people are now known to have died since the disaster and hundreds more are missing. | |
On Sunday, two more people were pulled alive from the rubble and a group of about nine survivors was also located. | |
Teams were using light cutting equipment to try to reach them, our correspondent says, and water and food were being dropped to them through gaps in the rubble. | |
But with hopes fading for those still trapped, officials plan to bring in cranes within the next few hours. |