Following the deadly fire accident at the container depot in Chittagong, the port authorities auctioned 30, 450 litres of hydrogen peroxide sitting idly at the port for the past four years. This is the same chemical that caused the deadly explosion at the container depot. The Customs officials called a rather hasty auction for the said chemical agent, which was stored within 609 plastic barrels inside two containers at the port’s yard. A Gazipur-based company, Keya Knit Composite Ltd, won the bid at Tk 5,20,000. The bidding started at Tk 2.38 million, according to Omar Farooq, the secretary to the Chittagong Port Authorities.
