Dhaka: A senior leader of opposition BNP was among two persons arrested in connection with a devastating fire in a high-rise building that killed 26 people in Dhaka last week, police said on Sunday.

At least 26 people were killed and 50 others were injured when the blaze broke out in the 23-floor office bloc, F R Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area, on Thursday. A case was registered on Saturday, Dhaka Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia was quoted as saying. S M H I Faruk, an engineer and the land owner of the building, was arrested from on Sunday.