Sohel Siraj, the owner of `Kacchi Bhai` restaurant, has been arrested on arrival in the country from Malaysia over the deadly fire in Dhaka`s Bailey Road area that left 46 people dead.

The Immigration Police detained him after landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night and handed him over to the Police`s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Detained Sohel Siraj was shown arrested in a case filed over the incident, Azad Rahman, superintendent (media) of CID, confirmed to News on Wednesday afternoon.

With this, a total of seven people were apprehended over the incident.

Earlier on February 29, a deadly fire broke out in a building named Green Cozy Cottage building in Bailey Road area, leaving 46 people dead.

The eight-storey building had a restaurant called `Kacchi Bhai` on the second floor and many other food shops on other floors.

Police had filed a case over the fire incident on allegation of deaths due to negligence.