Dhaka, April 6 -- A Dhaka court has granted police three days to interrogate a suspect in their custody in a case filed over the deaths of six people in a gas lighter factory fire in Dhaka's Keraniganj.

Judicial Magistrate Tanvir Ahmed passed the order after a hearing on Monday, said Prosecution Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Arif.

On Sunday, the arrestee, identified as Iman Ullah alias Mastan, was reamanded custody after another judge set Monday to hear a petition seeking to have him remanded for 10 days.

Iman, 50, was arrested from Kadamtali of South Keraniganj after a case was filed at South Keraniganj Police Station.

The other two suspects are the factory owner, Md Akram Ullah Akram, and his son, Ahnaf Akif Akram.

Defence lawyer Ri...