Labour court in Narayanganj issued arrest warrants against Managing Director Abul Hashem and Deputy General Manager Mamunur Rashid of Hashem Foods Limited, owned by Sajeeb Group.

Labour Court Judge Kiran Sankar Halder issued the warrants in a case filed by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, said Court Police Inspector Asaduzzaman.

On June 30, 2021, Nesar Uddin Ahmed, inspector of the Narayanganj district branch of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, filed the case, alleging several irregularities, including a lack of adequate safety measures in the factory, inconsistency of the factory's machine layout plan with the approved design, an unsafe electrical system, and the employment of child labourers.

Just one week after this case was filed, a devastating fire broke out at the Hasem Foods Limited factory located in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, which claimed the lives of 54 workers, including women and children.

A murder case was filed on July 10, 2021, at Rupganj police station against eight people. On September 4, 2023, the CID submitted the charge sheet to the court, excluding Abul Hasem and his four sons.