The Karachi City Court has granted pre-arrest bail to the Deputy Director Sindh Environmental Protection Agency or Sepa Muhammad Kamran and incharge of fire brigade Ishtiaq Ahmed in the Mehran Town fire case. The court ordered the accused to appear in the trial court and each submitted a bond of Rs500,000. There are still thirteen accused men in the case who are absconding, including Deputy Commissioner Korangi, general manager of K-Electric and others. On October 4, the session court had dismissed an application filed by a Sepa official seeking grant of pre-arrest bail in the Mehran Town factory fire case. The official sought pre-arrest bail as recently a judicial magistrate .