Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Monday ordered Bangladesh Bank (BB) to freeze the bank accounts of the owner of ‘Tampaco Foils’, which was devastated by an inferno on September 10, resulting in the death of at least 39 people.
A HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das passed the order after hearing upon a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Ain O Shalish Kendro (ASK) and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) demanding compensation for the victims and legal action against the persons responsible for the fire incident. The court earlier fixed Monday to pass its order.
The court issued a rule asking the authority concerned as to why the victims of the factory fire would not be provided compensation.
The court also ordered that the money would be withdrawn from the owner’s bank account only to pay salary and compensation to the workers of the factory.
The court ordered the central bank to submit reports once in every two-month detailing in which sectors the amount so withdrawn from the confiscated account has been spent.
Thirty-nine people had been killed and 40 others injured so far as the devastating fire razed through the ‘Tampaco Foils’ factory fire in Tongi BSCIC Industrial Area in the early hours of September 10.
Two cases were filed in connection with the devastating fire incident.
